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Ilze

@ilzegopal
 Cape Town, South Africa
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Joined June 2013
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Staproete illyspeaks.wordpress.com/201…

Staproete

I wrote this piece after snapping out of a daydream. I love that feeling  in day time. Its like running so fast because you don’t have enough time to linger. You lose your one shoe but you hu…

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deurdruk illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

deurdruk

I have heard many testify about their healing.  And I have sat at the fireplace of my inner world, and wonder.  I wonder if this day will come for me and stay. The crackling of the fire r…

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Jy, my droom. illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Jy, my droom.

Ek wens ek kon jou vertel van my drome. Die drome wat ek moes laat wegvaar met die gety. Meegesleur met die rollende skulpies. Ek wens ek kon een skulpie vul met my opgevoude droom. Maar ek sou dit…

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Crash illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Crash

It hits like a sudden wave. Sticks to the walls of my mind. Blue and grey It crashes into my regular rainbows. Engulfs my promises. New life. New beginnings submerged by fear and reluctance. The un…

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Thoughts illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Thoughts

I started writing as an outlet for something and it became a ‘me too’ offering for people who have the same experiences in life. I needed and still need such a voice so that I know I am not alone i…

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Winterhande illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Winterhande

My hande gryp na drade wat nat is met my trane. Geniepsig is die windjie wat my herinner van my verlede. Tragies is die begin van nog n dag – met gister se gewete. Sewentig maal sewe, vergewe…

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The easy way out illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

The easy way out

Mental illness is a raging, silent killer. It is not a construct of a failed life, yet we – people who live with mental illness – so often deem our lives as unfit for living. Unfit for living. Unfi…

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Warrelwind illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Warrelwind

Gister terwyl ons twee ry sien ek n spontane warrelwind wat sakkies en stof optel en ronddraai. Dit voel asof ek daai warrelwind is. Of asof die warrelwind in my kop is. Deur my hele lyf en lewe dr…

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Splinters illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Splinters

Vandag is n moeilike dag. Dié gevoelens kom soos n skielike donderstorm in die somer van my lewe. Dit voel nie aldag soos somer nie. Vandag voel nie soos somer nie. Vandag voel soos n woeste winter…

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Skilderkuns, lewenslus… illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Skilderkuns, lewenslus…

Vandag is jou verjaarsdag. Het jy dit gecelebrate toe jy nog met ons was? Toe jy nog skilderye in elke flits van menswees gesien het. Mense het jou n titel gegee toe jy al weg was, Sou jy saamstem?…

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Olie illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Olie

Soos die wind tergend met die gordyn speel,So is my gedagtes rondom U.Dit snak na U in die oomblikke van my daaglikse lewe.Maar ek vergeet dis wind.Dit bring lewe en verfrissing.My denke voel soos …

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Sy stem illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…

Sy stem

Ek het ‘n diagnosis maar dit define my nie. Ek sukkel somtyds om uit die bed te kom maar ek staan op, nie oor ek wil nie maar ook nog kan. Dis somtyds onbeskryflik. Wat is mental health? My m…

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Join us this Saturday 2 May at 4pm for some poetry on Fresh Impressions Africa Facebook page. #Poetry #Africa #SAlockdown
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Ontong Roos illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…
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Ouma se Krismisrose illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…
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Also on Spotify open.spotify.com/album/5Q96x… – at Randburg, South Africa

The Assignment - Album by Recruit | Spotify

Recruit · album · 2019 · 10 songs

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'n Bos blomme vir myself illyspeaks.wordpress.com/202…
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“One way poetry connects is across time. . . . Some echo of a writer's physical experience comes into us when we read her poem.” ― Jane Hirshfield
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It's been a while since I've released some music. Something fresh has been brewed. Watch this space for release date. @ Johannesburg instagram.com/p/B9YofEXH4Nx/… – at Johannesburg, South Africa
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Are there times when you feel lonely? bipolar.newlifeoutlook.com/b…

Bipolar and Loneliness: How to Avoid Loneliness and Isolation With Bipolar

After a hard week we may want to isolate, but many times our recovery hinges on socialization. Learn more about bipolar and loneliness and how to fight it.

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