These quotations are taken from poems I have written, dating back to 1987.
Quotations
1987
Mists – Mists swirl, yet on my feet I stand – your hand in mine.
1988
Awake – Live the dream for soon it dies – life’s a dream, before we rise.
Life’s Dream – Life’s a dream, it seems to me, in which we choose our destiny.
Life’s Dream – We decide and we create; we walk the path and call it fate.
Life’s Dream – As we walk, we learn and grow, until in time we finally know that all is one and one is all.
Explore – Something calls me to explore, but locks and chains still bar the door.
Footprints – Sets of prints upon the sand – perhaps in time, in time I’ll know, where those footprints are to go.
Keep Up the Smiles – Who knows what and who knows how – the future rests on here and now
People – Cannot package, seal and brand – people, one must understand.
Release – Loved ones never leave your side – in your love, they rest and abide.
Reach Out and Touch – Reach out and touch someone in need – broken lives, hearts that bleed.
Reach Out and Touch – Give not to them advice nor creed – reach out and touch someone in need.
Dare Not – If I don’t dare, how would my loss compare to what I might well gain if my courage were sustained?
Pressure – Though pressure builds and workload piles, never forfeit joys nor smiles.
Pressure – Never lose your hold on hope – you have the means and you will cope.
Pressure – Never lose your will to win – have confidence in strength within.
Pressure – Know that as you persevere, what you strive for will draw near.
All Seems – Without, within, this world of dreams – life is never what it seems.
Un-Doing – I know the when, the why and how, but what becomes of here and now?
I Love You Mom – The freedom you’ve given is the freedom I need – you’ve allowed me to grow, having sown the seed.
I Love You Mom – You give of yourself and don’t count the cost – and the love that’s been gained will never be lost.
I Love You Mom – Consider each day of the year as a celebration of love with the ones you hold dear.
Perspective – There’s a crispy freshness in all that you do when your perspective changes to one that is new.
I Believe – I believe in you, I believe in me; I believe in all that we can be.
I Believe – I believe in sunshine and in rain; I believe no loss, for all is gain.
I Believe – I believe in the night and in the day; I believe that each finds their own way.
I Believe – I believe in seasons and the turn of tide; I believe in each sunset and each sunrise.
I Believe – I believe in life and in the living; I believe in receiving and in giving.
I Believe – I believe in peace and love divine; I believe in your way and in mine.
Only Love – Only love – it’s all that matters, all that binds, all that fulfils, all that finds.
Only Love – It’s all that holds, all that contains, all that is, all that remains – only love.
Mystery – There is a mystery which is you, a mystery which is me – and a mystery which is you and me.
1989
Quest Divine – Onward inward, still in mind – so much to do, so much to find.
More to come … watch this space!
This creative collection, now in its 5th edition, brings together Africa poems by Wayne Visser, including the ever popular “I Am An African”, as well as old favourites like “Women of Africa”, “I Know A Place in Africa”, “Prayer for Africa” and “African Dream”. The anthology celebrates the luminous continent and its rainbow people. The updated 5th Edition includes new poems like “Africa Untamed” and “Land of the Sun”. Buy the paper book / Buy the e-book.
