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		<title>Wonde wonderwerk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilva Pieterse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ek het ons storie geskryf Met &#8216;n lem op my lyf Die son was te helder daai dag Vir my hartklop om langer vir joune te wag. Ek het die mes soos ‘n kwas vas gehou En diep snye geskilder – ‘n van Gogh vir jou. Ons verhaal het verskyn Op my vel – lyn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captivated</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilva Pieterse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hold me like a promise; Break me like a vow. For today I am as fragile as the secrets of a child, And as desperate as a dream dressed in dust.]]></description>
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		<title>Ek dra jou soos &#8216;n sonsak om my skouers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilva Pieterse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Droog en skaamteloos soos ‘n woestyn Het ek geraamteloos verdwyn Agter jou albaster oë. Ek kan sien Hoe die holte en die oorloop Van ‘n leeftyd se hoop en verlang Jou skielik vang. En so raak ek verlore Tussen die miriade woorde Wat jy nie verby Jou lippe kan kry.]]></description>
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		<title>Tired</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilva Pieterse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried to recall the rhyme our bodies made As we laid under the setting moon And you hummed the tune Of an old cartoon Your whispers made me weak Your words set me free Under a star-filled canopy Love appeared to me In the shade of a tree The poetry in our sighs Could&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mengelmoes</title>
		<link>http://www.ilvapie.co.za/2009/11/12/mengelmoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilva Pieterse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My onderklere lê versprei &#8216;n Weerkaatsing van my Twee g-strings in die cubby-hole &#8216;n Push-up in my handsak Daars &#8216;n pantie oor die spiëlkas En &#8216;n sykous opgevromel in my agterste broeksak Waar is ek veronderstel om jou tussen in te vind?]]></description>
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		<title>Cullinary creation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilva Pieterse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t mean To weep into your tea I just wanted a piece of me Inside you I not quite sure why I cried into your stir-fry Maybe it was dry And needed salt It&#8217;s not my fault I didn&#8217;t mean to wail Into your ice-cream And share my dreams With a frozen milk dessert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You killed my sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My skin still retains the heat of your breath As you recited Macbeth Into my hair It&#8217;s not fair That all I am is the vibration of your words Against my breast as you confessed And now your sudden escape from our life is causing dischord Your side of the bed still remembers your shape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adam&#8217;s rib</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilva Pieterse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found her sitting motionless. Like a rock in the wind. I didn’t look forward to seeing her again. But I went to her because I knew she was suffering. I also knew only I could alleviate it, albeit temporarily. Getting to her was like walking though a maze. But I could always smell their [...]]]></description>
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