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song of domestic workers

kgosietsile Dintlhoane 1975 (Bloemfontein)

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as they dream
of beautiful flowers

as they tell
of their happy lives

we on the other hand
know only the torture of toiling,
know only the look of hatred
even from their children

we helped, RAISE–

About this poem

i grew up watching my mom, aunts, sisters wake up early in the morning to go and clean up white people's houses here In South Africa without any sign of appreciation from these whites.

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Written on January 08, 2019

Submitted by kdintlhoane on December 12, 2023

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Scheme XX XX XXXX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 202
Words 43
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 4, 1
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kgosietsile Dintlhoane

kgosietsile is a poet from Mangaung, Bloemfontein in South Africa, he is married to Bongiwe and has 3 beautiful daughters. kgosietsile has so far published two books of poetry in English, the first one Titled " An African Child and second one titled " A walk through earth, he is currently busy polishing his third volume of poetry and hopes to publish it sometime in 2024 more…

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