Rethabile
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Mosotho daddy-of-two, poet living in France.
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The Laughing Thrush
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The Laughing Thrush
'The Laughing Thrush' is a poem by W. S. Merwin
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-laughing-thrush-poem-by-merwin.html
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Speckled moon, fractured Friday Another awkward week in the savage world. Still the sky, bigger than fear. Resist, defy, love.
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To the Here and Now by Salem Al-Okaly - Poems | Academy of American Poets
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To the Here and Now
Be kind to your foolish lovers / with their naĂŻve infatuation
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about 23 hours ago
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September
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September
'September' is a poem by Jennifer Michael Hecht
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/september-poem-by-hecht.html
2 days ago
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trouble with the car
Ret's ESL Jokes
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ESL JOKES: trouble with the car
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trouble with the car
Funny carburettor and pool ESL joke with English-French tooltips. Learn present simple and instant decisions with “will” through humour!
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/carburettor-in-the-car-esl-joke-present-simple-will-french-tooltips.html
3 days ago
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American Smooth
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American Smooth
"American Smooth" is a poem by Rita Dove
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/american-smooth-poem-by-rita-dove.html
3 days ago
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Bui Thi Kim Thanh
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Bui Thi Kim Thanh
Bui Thi Kim Thanh by Rethabile Masilo: a stark, rain-soaked poem of war, memory and removal. Read on Poems Rethabile Likes.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/bui-thi-kim-thanh-poem-by-rethabile-masilo.html
4 days ago
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Carol Ann Duffy is an acclaimed Scottish poet and playwright renowned for accessible, dramatic monologues exploring love, gender, identity, loss, and everyday spirituality.
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Prayer
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Prayer
Carol Ann Duffy's Prayer captures quiet faith in ordinary sounds—from tree songs to shipping forecasts—in Mean Time. A moving sonnet on secular grace
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/prayer-poem-by-carol-ann-duffy.html?utm_source=rethabile&utm_medium=email
5 days ago
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ESL JOKES: changing a flat tyre
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changing a flat tyre
Funny flat tyre ESL joke with English-French tooltips. Learn past simple and conditionals while building practical vocabulary.
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/flat-tyre-sledgehammer-esl-joke-past-simple-conditional-french-tooltips.html
6 days ago
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Indeed, yes.
add a skeleton here at some point
6 days ago
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Theodore Roethke was an influential American poet known for introspective, lyrical verse rich in natural imagery, exploring themes of identity, turmoil, etc. In A Dark Time
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In A Dark Time
"In A Dark Time" is a poem by Theodore Roethke
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/dark-time-poem-theodore-roethke.html
6 days ago
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Try to Praise the Mutilated World
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Try to Praise the Mutilated World
Adam Zagajewski’s Try to Praise the Mutilated World reflects on memory, loss, and resilience with luminous moral clarity. Read the poem.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/try-praise-mutilated-world-poem-by-zagajewski.html
7 days ago
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Instead of Depression
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Instead of Depression
Poems Rethabile Likes publishes a poem a day
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/instead-depression-hibernation-poem-by-gibson.html
8 days ago
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Allegro
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Allegro
'Allegro' is a poem by Tomas Tranströmer
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/allegro-tomas-transtromer.html
9 days ago
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ESL JOKES: a couple sipping wine
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a couple sipping wine
A witty husband and wife joke with French tooltips, highlighting past tenses and useful ESL vocabulary in context.
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/wine-talking-joke-esl-english-humour.html
10 days ago
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Allegro
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Allegro
'Allegro' is a poem by Tomas Tranströmer
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/allegro-tomas-transtromer.html
10 days ago
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a couple sipping wine
Ret's ESL Jokes
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11 days ago
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The dead have a message for us about war, but we refuse to listen
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The dead have a message for us about war, but we refuse to listen
When it comes to the endless wars of this world, it would seem that rather than us making the same mistakes over and over, we are refusing to see them as mistakes. After all, the reasons for war are c...
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-01-18-the-dead-have-a-message-for-us-about-war-but-we-refuse-to-listen/?dm_source=blocks-horizontal&dm_medium=card-link&dm_campaign=inform
12 days ago
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Jesse Jackson, pastor and civil rights icon, dies at 84
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Jesse Jackson, pastor and civil rights icon, dies at 84
The pastor, who played an active role in the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr., had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2026/02/17/jesse-jackson-pastor-and-civil-rights-icon-dies-at-84_6750568_15.html
12 days ago
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The Tradition
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The Tradition
Jericho Brown’s The Tradition. This Pulitzer-winning poem explores race, history, and nature. A haunting, essential reflection on American justice.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/tradition-poem-jericho-brown.html
12 days ago
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ESL JOKES: aeroplane message
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aeroplane message
Funny airline joke: Captain spills coffee in lap, passenger quips "You should see the back of mine!" Classic humour for ESL learners
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/plane-captain-spills-coffee.html
12 days ago
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Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass
“Frederick Douglass,” by Robert Hayden
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/frederick-douglass-robert-hayden.html
13 days ago
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ESL JOKES: four nationalities and a street performer
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four nationalities and a street performer
Funny multilingual joke with an Englishman, Frenchman, Spaniard & German watching a juggler – perfect for ESL learners!
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/jokesmultilingual-juggler.html
13 days ago
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four nationalities and a street performer
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four nationalities and a street performer
Ret's ESL Jokes
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13 days ago
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How The Garvey Blueprint Started
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How The Garvey Blueprint Started
It started as a simple idea.
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14 days ago
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ESL JOKES: landing a plane
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landing a plane
Funny ESL joke about a tiny runway, with French tooltips and clear grammar focus for English learners.
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/tiny-runway-airplane-landing-esl-joke.html
14 days ago
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Black Matters
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Black Matters
Keith S. Wilson’s Black Matters explores race and physics. A striking poem on visibility and the black body from Fieldnotes on Inflation.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/black-matters-poem-wilson.html
15 days ago
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ESL JOKES: two hunters
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two hunters
Classic hunter joke with twist. ESL fun!
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/hunting-joke-woods-laugh.html
15 days ago
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I Know The Truth
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I Know The Truth
'I know the Truth' is a poem by Marina Tsvetaeva
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-know-the-truth-marina-tsvetaeva-poem.html
16 days ago
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When Death Comes
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When Death Comes
'When Death Comes' is a poem by Mary Oliver
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/mary-oliver-when-death-comes.html
17 days ago
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Upon Reading 'Facts About The Moon'
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Upon Reading 'Facts About The Moon'
'Upon Reading Facts About The Moon' was a direct reaction to reading Dorianne Laux's poem 'Facts About The Moon'
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/upon-reading-facts-about-the-moon-poem-by-masilo.html
18 days ago
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Facts About The Moon
Laux is an American poet of emotionally direct lyrics on love, mortality, addiction, and working-class life; Facts About the Moon won the NBCC Award.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/facts-about-moon-poem-dorianne-laux.html
19 days ago
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19 days ago
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Francesca
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Francesca
A short poem by Ezra Pound expressing longing for solitude and reunion, using natural imagery to escape noise and rediscover love.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/01/francesca-poem-by-ezra-pound.html
20 days ago
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ESL JOKES: two farmers and two horses
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two farmers and two horses
Funny farmer joke about two identical horses – clever twist with manes and necks! ESL humour to laugh and learn English.
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/farmer-two-horses-mane-neck-joke.html
20 days ago
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Kumina
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Kumina
Kamau Brathwaite's Kumina offers a profound Caribbean rhythmic experience. Watch the Griffin Prize winner read from Born to Slow Horses. Listen now.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/kamau-brathwaite-kumina-poem.html
21 days ago
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ESL JOKES: business partners
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business partners
A funny joke about two business partners who don't trust each other and are jealous of each other.
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/02/joke-jealousy-business-partners-esl.html
21 days ago
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ESL JOKES: a letter to baby jesus
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a letter to baby jesus
Explore a heartwarming tale of a boy's Christmas wish for a bike. Witness his struggle with honesty and faith as he reaches out to Baby Jesus
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-letter-to-baby-jesus.html
21 days ago
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Kumina
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Kumina
Kamau Brathwaite's Kumina offers a profound Caribbean rhythmic experience. Watch the Griffin Prize winner read from Born to Slow Horses. Listen now.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/kamau-brathwaite-kumina-poem.html
21 days ago
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Gift
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Gift
Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, essayist, translator, and diplomat renowned for his moral clarity and exploration of human vulnerability
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/gift-poem-milosz-czeslaw.html
22 days ago
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a brass lamp
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a brass lamp
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22 days ago
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Butter
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Butter
Finuala Dowling's "Butter" – iconic South African poem using clever metaphor to reveal longing and self-deception. Witty lyricism at its best.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/01/poem-butter-finuala-dowling.html
23 days ago
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Raw America (@rawstory)
THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!
https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-210328858?r=e43tw
23 days ago
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ESL JOKES
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ESL JOKES
Learn English with Jokes. It is the best way to get into a language's hidden secrets.
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