GOODBYE TO AFRICA
Goodbye green acacia trees
Goodbye strong women
Who carry loads upon their heads
Goodbye forked lightning
Glorious African thunderstorms
Goodbye
Goodbye smoky braais
Goodbye blue, blue skies
Goodbye jacaranda forests
Goodbye Southern Cross of stars
Goodbye
Goodbye blue jacket men
Goodbye throaty Afrikaans
Goodbye,boerewors
Goodbye, six inch millipedes
Goodbye
Goodbye red earth
Goodbye young buck
Goodbye colourful rand
Goodbye roadside zebra
Goodbye
Goodbye joyful Africa
Goodbye mourning Africa
Goodbye enticing Africa
Goodbye dangerous Africa
Goodbye
Goodbye beautiful Africa
Goodbye shocking Africa
Goodbye wild Africa
Goodbye complicated Africa
Goodbye Africa
Isabel Crawley upon leaving South Africa for London
Friday, November 27, 2009
ISABEL'S FAREWELL TO AFRICA
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This is lovely Isabel. I didn't know you had your own blog. What is it? How does it feel to be in London?
I love it! Beautiful, stunning. Isabel captured South Africa well. Thanks for writing.
South Africa misses you, and so do we. -Annie et al
my blog is at www.isabelsnotebook.blogspot.com
I'm glad you like my poem, mom insisted on putting it onto her blog
Izzie
Beautifully said by a beautiful young woman!
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