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On calm, nights, where even praying mantis mouths are shy of words for God, on a frequency where they are missing too many prayers,...

nashe chokureva
Jul 3, 20192 min read


still stone PRAYER.
She knelt to pray, still as stone lights went out in her heart. Salty tears, only life left. Still as stone, birds perched thought her...

nashe chokureva
Apr 30, 20211 min read


of broken hearts & LOST LOVES.
The tired receding tide speaks of a maiden, not of flaxen hair but African ethnicity. They speak of a tender heart sitting on the beach...

nashe chokureva
Apr 30, 20211 min read


Success!
In 1904 Bessie Anderson Stanely wrote the following definition of success in the Brown Magazine. "He has achieved success who has lived...

nashe chokureva
Feb 19, 20211 min read


Of single mothers.
She sits by the edge of the bed and wishes it were the edge of the world so she could dive into an iridescent heaven. People have a way...

nashe chokureva
Feb 19, 20214 min read
This soul is a gift from great women that came before me,"
"This soul is a gift from great women that came before me," and I believed her. She had the nostalgic honesty of yesterday, spoke with a...

nashe chokureva
Feb 11, 20211 min read
She said.........
She said, "They look at my thighs as if they had faces of their own, as if they don't have daughters of their own. Their wives look at my...

nashe chokureva
Feb 10, 20212 min read


dark BRIGHT.
Your darkness is lantern to my night: lead pendulums shy sway you are moon and broke hourglass (you sun where you are not welcome how...

nashe chokureva
Jul 10, 20201 min read


Conversations
She said, "I prefer nightmares to reality. When darkness is come and day is spent: phantoms glory in our dread, only in the back of our...

nashe chokureva
Jul 10, 20204 min read


black lives MATTER.
"Every argument that can be made about racism has been made. For 500+ years. 500! "There is no deficiency in the merit of our argument,...

nashe chokureva
Jun 23, 20201 min read


grief, loss & HEALING.
Good morning, how was the weekend? I hope you're in high spirits, excited of the week ahead. Day 16 of the challenge we start with a...

nashe chokureva
Jun 22, 20201 min read


gender-based VIOLENCE (GBV).
Once I pick a topic, it's usually easy for everything to fall into place. Not with this topic though. It is baptized in emotion and...

nashe chokureva
Jun 19, 20204 min read


the empty HOUSE of STONE.
I remember last year I faced a predicament of sorts with a similar prompt, here we go futi again. Stone cities that were motifs of the...

nashe chokureva
Jun 18, 20203 min read


professor MAMOKGETHI PHAKENG.
I have penned an article on #Day9 of the #winterabc challenge about 4 media accounts why I follow and love about them. Professor...

nashe chokureva
Jun 17, 20202 min read


martyred INNOCENCE: 16 June 1976.
I thought about it and I won't write about that day as if I were there. The bravery, selflessness and sacrifice exhibited by children on...

nashe chokureva
Jun 16, 20204 min read


class in SESSION.
Makadii? The mother of literal translations is about to go down 🤣😂🙆🏽♂️, that's not on me, whoever came up with topics, yup, you can...

nashe chokureva
Jun 15, 20202 min read


the CLEFT.
When I want to be funny, (like now), I usually start a semantics fight. What is a brand? But since I'm trying to be grown-up (chuckles)...

nashe chokureva
Jun 12, 20202 min read


when grace WIELDED POWER.
Today we look into four social media accounts and what I like about them. Here we go. Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, The Vice-Chancellor...

nashe chokureva
Jun 11, 20203 min read


more of ..... PLEASE.
I was chuckling, seeing today's topic I instantly went into the politically correct mode. I won't be one to tell any what to avoid...

nashe chokureva
Jun 10, 20201 min read


check these OUT
Check these sites out, they're some of the ones I frequent taking part in the #winterabc2020. I hope you enjoy and find them refreshing...

nashe chokureva
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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