Youngsters engage in discourse through poetry

Through this platform, youngster from across Johannesburg gathered on recently to recite poems and to raise issues through the spoken word.

It was the group’s last session for the year recently.

Founded by Mrs Farah Morton, from Proud Community Youth Development (PCYD), the Rhodes Park Youth Poetry Project is aimed at empowering the youth to contribute to discourse through the spoken word.

The PCYD creates an enabling environment for children to learn valuable life skills through reading, writing and interacting with peers.

The next class will be on November 22.In support of the project, the EXPRESS publishes the children’s poems once a month under Poetry Empowers.

For more information on the project, contact Mrs Morton on 074 330-1587.

What a cruel pain to swallow

Sindiso Ncunu

What a cruel pain to swallow, I suffer alone, in silence

What a cruel pain to swallow, I found the strength to fight

What a cruel pain to swallow, to believe that there was a way out

What a cruel pain for someone to swallow, I hard everyone’s criticism

I became known as the boring person, what a cruel pain to swallow

Was there recognition of all the work that I have done?

I fought alone, Alone I fought; I fought alone, in silence I fought…

Life and Gifts

Prince Phiri (11)

God gave you life and gifts; He created this world for everyone to in it

We rose from dust with souls filled with hope and peace

We were made because God loves us so much

With God in this equation lie become a breeze

God gave us this life to fill with ease

God gave us life and gifts, to respect life

To fulfil the oath of our gifts

Understand that we must have faith in God

Hope will help us understand that He is our father

Dolphins

Sinikiwe, Phiri (9)

I wonder if they swim all day and if they always get away

I saw a little fellow and I wondered if he was yellow

I thought that before and tried to think more

Dolphins do not eat grass but my way they can always pass

My friend

Dearshney Mukwevho (11)

My friend is a very special person

She is always there for me when I need her most

She also has a very lovely name, Sinikiwe

Sinikiwe is a very unique name

Most girls favourite colours are pink or purple

But Sinikiwe’s favourite colour is yellow

The colour of the sun

She’s not always serious and likes to have fun

She was born in Gauteng, the City of Gold

She is also a very good person, also very bold

She likes to play netball, a girl’s favourite sport.

She doesn’t care if she has a big wart

She is born in September, the season of spring

Then she can show off her lovely bling-bling

In her spare time she likes to read and read

And sometimes likes to do good deeds

She is a very good friend as you can see

Kind and beautiful as a friend can be

Poem about myself

Sinikiwe Phiri (9)

I am a girl, a child, with black hair and brown eyes

I also like school allot

My favourite subjects at school is mathematics

So I go to school, because one day I would like to be a teacher

I am a human and have hopes to live

I am small yet I have the right to say no to things that do not fit my way

I have rights and they must not be taken away

I am a proud student who will master my abilities in life

Not forgetting that I am a child, I have to be taken care off

My life is a song, a song that I sing

A life full of opportunities, so I take it

My future will be filled with forgiveness and I will forget the rest

It will be shown in the way I think and act

My precious future that is not meant to waste

Success is a state of mind that will include education

I am a child that is free to learn in the lake of hope

I know that our country needs people like us

To execute and stand by our rights

No threads to follow me, only guidance will let me be

So for now I am glad to be alive!