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A Love Poem for My Country

Here’s a beautiful poem written yesterday by one of the pupils in a Grade 6 class at Cedarwood School in Glenferness (north of Lonehill in Gauteng). According to Gen Andrews, who works at the school, the class was set a task in English to write a poem entitled ‘Love for my country’ in which each line had […]

By SAPeople Contributor
08-03-16 21:16
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Here’s a beautiful poem written yesterday by one of the pupils in a Grade 6 class at Cedarwood School in Glenferness (north of Lonehill in Gauteng).

Love letter to South Africa with zebra

According to Gen Andrews, who works at the school, the class was set a task in English to write a poem entitled ‘Love for my country’ in which each line had to start with ‘My country is for…”

This is what Luyolo Socikwa wrote:

Love Poem for my Country

My country is for the strong hearted
The beautiful sun, sky, – red, blue, orange and pink

cape-town-sea-sunset-people

My country is for the rainbow nation full of smiles, hopes and dreams
The acceptance of belief

Simonstown Rainbow

My country is for the strong sound of the African drums
Boom bang, bang, bang
That brings our African hearts together as one

africa-heart

My country is for the sound of the African Zebras
Galloping across the tall yellow dry grass of the African Savannah

Zebra in South Africa

By Luyolo Socikwa