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@rahlooho.bsky.social
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Mosotho daddy-of-two, poet living in France.
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Mervyn "Deep Cobra" Seivwright
over 1 year ago
This poem right here.
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add a skeleton here at some point
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A Small Needful Fact by Ross Gay | Poems Rethabile Likes
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#RossGay
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#EricGarner
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A Small Needful Fact by Ross Gay | Poems Rethabile Likes
Ross Gay's 'A Small Needful Fact' — a tender, devastating poem about Eric Garner, memory, and the small acts of growth that outlast us.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-small-needful-fact-poem-by-ross-gay.html
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Traveling Through The Dark by William Stafford | Poems Rethabile Likes
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Traveling Through The Dark by William Stafford | Poems Rethabile Likes
Stafford reads 'Traveling Through The Dark' — a classic poem of moral choice on a dark mountain road. A deer, a driver, and the weight of decision.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/traveling-through-dark-by-william.html
about 2 hours ago
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"A Mes Frères", from 'Waslap', Onslaught Press, 2015
about 10 hours ago
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B. Luke Wilson
1 day ago
One for
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with
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
, by the brilliant Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer.
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about 10 hours ago
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Bafana lift SA’s mood — and reputation
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Bafana Bafana lift SA’s mood — and reputation — in times of peril
Outside soccer, the world has seen South Africa’s growing xenophobia and it has not done the country any favours. Those fanning the flames would do well to consider the inclusive nature of the sport.…
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-26-bafana-bafana-lift-sas-mood-and-reputation-in-times-of-peril/?dm_source=blocks-list-item&dm_medium=card-link&dm_campaign=inform
2 days ago
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Snow in August by Catherine Stearns | Poems Rethabile Likes
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Snow in August by Catherine Stearns | Poems Rethabile Likes
Catherine Stearns' 'Snow in August' conjures heat, stillness, and sudden wonder — memory falling white on a Mississippi summer.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/snow-in-august-poem-by-catherine-stearns.html
2 days ago
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Carry Me Away by Henri Michaux | Poems Rethabile Likes
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Carry Me Away by Henri Michaux | Poems Rethabile Likes
Henri Michaux's 'Carry Me Away' — a hypnotic plea for transport into memory, snow, breath, and the slow dissolve of distance. A prayer of letting go.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/carry-me-away-poem-by-henri-michaux.html
2 days ago
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Learn English With Jokes ✦ Takes The Cake
esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/06/lawy...
#jokes
#jokeoftheday
#esljokes
#laughandlearn
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Learn English With Jokes ✦ Takes The Cake
ESL joke past simple & present simple. French tooltips. A dying man misunderstands his lawyer's words. B1+.
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/06/lawyer-will-joke-past-simple-present-simple.html
2 days ago
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Thomas Thistlewood and Tom by Pamela Mordecai | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/thom...
#PamelaMordecai
#ThomasThistlewood
#Tom
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Thomas Thistlewood and Tom by Pamela Mordecai | Poems Rethabile Likes
Mordecai reads from 'Thomas Thistlewood and Tom' — a searing excerpt from her Subversive Sonnets. A poem of brutality, survival, and the unspeakable.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/thomas-thistlewood-and-tom-by-pamela.html
3 days ago
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reposted by
Rethabile
Rachel and Her Kind
over 1 year ago
#music
#musiciansky
#rhkband
#indiepop
#annesexton
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reposted by
Rethabile
💙 Mark The Grey 💙
5 months ago
#AnneSexton
#Yellow
#poetry
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Learn English With Jokes ✦ Roasting Trump
esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/01/roas...
#jokes
#jokeoftheday
#esljokes
#laughandlearn
#eslhumour
#roastingtrump
#roastingdonaldtrump
#donaldtrump
3 days ago
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#geographyquiz
#countryrecords
#worldfacts
#largestcountry
#smallestcountry
#worldtrivia
#geographytrivia
#educationalgame
ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2027/11/pop-...
3 days ago
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reposted by
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Gentriwitch
3 days ago
Sea salt and winter fruit The last Saturday morning of June in a misty
#CapeTown
It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? - Batt & Rice
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The Applicant by Sylvia Plath | Poems Rethabile Masilo
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
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The Applicant by Sylvia Plath | Poems Rethabile Masilo
Sylvia Plath's 'The Applicant' is a chilling satire of marriage and conformity. A living doll, a suit, a hand — will you marry it, marry it, marry it.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-applicant-poem-by-sylvia-plath.html
3 days ago
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Ret's Weekend English Roundup ✦ Week 26, 2026
ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/rets...
Learn "shape up or ship out" in English. This ultimatum means improve or leave, with examples and a video for ESL learners.
#englishidioms
#shapeuporshipout
#businessenglishexpressions
#workplaceenglish
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Ret's Weekend English Roundup ✦ Week 26, 2026
Learn "shape up or ship out" in English. This ultimatum means improve or leave, with examples and a video for ESL learners.
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/rets-weekend-english-roundup-week-26.html
3 days ago
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Quiz: Country Records • World Geography
ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/quiz...
Test your knowledge
#GeographyQuiz
#CountryRecords
#WorldFacts
#LargestCountry
#SmallestCountry
#WorldTrivia
#GeographyTrivia
#EducationalGame
#LearnGeography
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Quiz: Country Records • World Geography
Discover amazing country records! 50 geography questions about the world's largest, smallest, and most unique nations.
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/quiz-country-records-world-geography.html
3 days ago
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The Singer Of Owls by Margaret Atwood | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
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The Singer Of Owls by Margaret Atwood | Poems Rethabile Likes
Margaret Atwood's 'The Singer Of Owls' — a haunting poem about the solitary artist, the night song, and the necessity of singing without prizes.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-singer-of-owls-poem-by-margaret-atwood.html
4 days ago
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The Sisters of Sexual Treasure | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
#SharonOlds
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The Sisters of Sexual Treasure | Poems Rethabile Likes
Sharon Olds’s “The Sisters of Sexual Treasure” confronts desire, rebellion, and family power with raw candour in her fearless American voice.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-sisters-of-sexual-treasure-poems.html
4 days ago
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Inventions & Inventors • 50‑Question Quiz
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Inventions & Inventors • 50‑Question Quiz
Complete 50‑question quiz on Inventions & Inventors: timelines, creators, and societal impacts. Perfect for pub quiz, classroom, or trivia night
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/inventions-inventors-50question-quiz.html
5 days ago
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#jokes
#jokeoftheday
#esljokes
#laughandlearn
#eslhumour
esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/06/memo...
5 days ago
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The Truly Great by Stephen Spender | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
#StephenSpender
#TheTrulyGreat
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The Truly Great by Stephen Spender | Poems Rethabile Likes
Stephen Spender's 'The Truly Great' reflects on spiritual courage, memory, and honour. A soaring meditation on greatness and the human spirit.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-truly-great-by-stephen-spender.html
6 days ago
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A Radio With Guts by Charles Bukowski | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-ra...
#CharlesBukowski
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#Poems
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A Radio With Guts by Charles Bukowski | Poems Rethabile Likes
Charles Bukowski's 'A Radio With Guts' recalls a drunken ritual of throwing a radio through a window. It always kept playing, a magic radio with guts.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-radio-with-guts-poem-by-charles-bukowski.html
7 days ago
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So Now What? by Abigail George | Poems Rethabile Likes
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#AbigailGeorge
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#SouthAfricanPoetry
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So Now What? by Abigail George | Poems Rethabile Likes
Abigail George's 'So Now What?' is a letter from war to peace, from Gaza to memory. A prayer for soldiers, a plea for the return of the man she loved.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/01/so-now-what-poem-by-abigail-george.html
7 days ago
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Words That Travelled • 50 Loanword Origins Quiz
ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/word...
#LanguageQuiz
#Loanwords
#Etymology
#WordOrigins
#Karaoke
#Bungalow
#Robot
#Linguistics
#VocabularyQuiz
#EducationalGame
#WordsThatTravelled
#LearnEnglish
#EnglishVocabulary
#WordNerd
#Trivia
#FunFacts
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Words That Travelled • 50 Loanword Origins Quiz
Where did that word come from? Test your knowledge of loanwords: karaoke, robot, bungalow, cannibal, etc.
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/words-that-travelled-50-loanword-origin.html
8 days ago
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Behind A Stone Wall by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/behi...
#RethabileMasilo
#BehindAStoneWall
#PoetryCommunity
#PoemOfTheDay
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#Poems
#LesothoPoetry
Happy father's day to you, dad. We miss you.
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Behind A Stone Wall by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
'Behind a stone wall' is a dream vision of a father's legacy. A book like concrete, a voice that scrapes the bottom of a door.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/behind-a-stone-wall-poem-by-rethabile-masilo.html
9 days ago
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Learn English With Jokes ✦ The Poor Box
esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/06/conf...
#jokes
#jokeoftheday
#esljokes
#laughandlearn
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Learn English With Jokes ✦ The Poor Box
ESL joke past simple & conditional. French tooltips. A clever man uses the priest's own twisted logic to avoid donating. B1+.
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/06/confession-poor-box-clever-logic-joke-past-simple-conditional.html
9 days ago
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Learn English With Jokes ✦ The Poor Box
esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/06/conf...
#jokes
#jokeoftheday
#esljokes
#laughandlearn
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Learn English With Jokes ✦ The Poor Box
ESL joke past simple & conditional. French tooltips. A clever man uses the priest's own twisted logic to avoid donating. B1+.
https://esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/06/confession-poor-box-clever-logic-joke-past-simple-conditional.html
9 days ago
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Poetry Opening Lines Quiz • 50 Poets Match the famous opening line to the poet who wrote it.
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Poetry Opening Lines Quiz • 50 Poets
Match the famous opening line to the poet who wrote it. 50 questions featuring classic and modern poets from around the world.
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/poetry-opening-lines-quiz-50-poets.html
10 days ago
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Affirmation by Donald Hall | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/03/affi...
#DonaldHall
#Affirmation
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#Poems
#AmericanPoetry
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Affirmation by Donald Hall | Poems Rethabile Likes
Hall's 'Affirmation' is a stark meditation on aging and loss. To grow old is to lose everything — and yet to affirm that it is fitting and delicious.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/03/affirmation-poem-by-donald-hall.html
10 days ago
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Sonnet by Alice Dunbar Nelson | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/03/sonn...
#AliceDunbarNelson
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#HarlemRenaissance
#AmericanPoetry
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Sonnet by Alice Dunbar Nelson | Poems Rethabile Likes
Alice Dunbar Nelson's 'Sonnet' contrasts florist-shop violets with wild, shy ones. A return to nature, dreams, and the soul's forgotten gleam.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/03/sonnet-poem-by-alice-dunbar-nelson.html
10 days ago
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Ret's Weekend English Roundup ✦ Week 25, 2026
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#englishidioms
#englishlesson
#esl
#idiomoftheweek
#learnenglish
#plentyoffishinthesea
#fishidioms
#esl
#esl
#teacher
#profdanglais
#subscribe
#everyfriday
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Ret's Weekend English Roundup ✦ Week 25, 2026
Master the idiom 'plenty of fish in the sea' with examples, a video lesson & French translation in Ret's Weekend English Roundup – Week 25, 2026.
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/rets-weekend-english-roundup-week-25.html
10 days ago
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Quiz: Shit! • English Exclamations & Expressions
ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/quiz...
#englishslang
#shitexpressions
#exclamations
#idioms
#informalenglish
#eslquiz
#americanslang
#britishslang
#eslenglish
10 days ago
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#jokes
#jokeoftheday
#esljokes
#laughandlearn
#eslhumour
esljokes.blogspot.com/2026/06/spee...
11 days ago
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How Many...? • Numbers in the Human Body
ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/how-...
#HumanBody
#Anatomy
#Biology
#ScienceQuiz
#HowMany
#Bones
#Joints
#Organs
#MedicalFacts
#FunFacts
#QuizTime
#STEM
#LearnAnatomy
#BodyFacts
#DidYouKnow
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How Many...? • Numbers in the Human Body
Test your knowledge of human anatomy! 50 questions about the number of bones, joints, organs, and more in the human body. Perfect for curious minds
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/how-many-numbers-in-human-body.html
12 days ago
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Twenty-six administrative departments, including Paris, are under orange alert for heatwave conditions on Thursday. The thermometer is set to climb even higher in the coming days, reaching or exceeding 40°C on Sunday.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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As heatwave hits, French government tries not to appear overwhelmed by climate crisis
According to the authorities, most measures in the national climate change adaptation plan are underway. However, critics say the plan lacks structure and adequate resources, as temperatures in France...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/06/18/as-heatwave-hits-french-government-tries-not-to-appear-overwhelmed-by-climate-crisis_6754628_114.html
12 days ago
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For George Stinney Jr.
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Mason Street
For George Stinney Jr.: A Poem by Rethabile Masilo
https://masonstreetreview.org/2019/10/05/893/
12 days ago
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The Forgotten Dialect Of The Heart by Jack Gilbert | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...
#JackGilbert
#TheForgottenDialectOfTheHeart
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The Forgotten Dialect Of The Heart by Jack Gilbert | Poems Rethabile Likes
'The Forgotten Dialect Of The Heart' asks why language fails love. We need amber, archers, cinnamon — words not words — to say what we feel.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-forgotten-dialect-of-the-heart-poem-by-jack-gilbert.html
12 days ago
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If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/if-i...
#RefaatAlareer
#IfIMustDie
#PoetryCommunity
#PoemOfTheDay
#PoemsRethabileLikes
#Poems
#PalestinianPoetry
#GazaCity
#GazaHumanitarianCrisis
#GazaBleedingWorldSleeping
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If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer | Poems Rethabile Likes
Refaat Alareer's 'If I Must Die' is a Gaza elegy. A kite, a child, a story. 'If I must die, let it bring hope.' A poet's last testament.
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/if-i-must-die-poem-by-refaat-alareer.html
13 days ago
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Soweto Uprising & The Anti-Apartheid Struggle Quiz
ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/sowe...
#mandela
#sowetouprising
#tsietsimashinini
#hectorpieterson
#desmondtutu
#bramfischer
#youthday
#apartheid
#southafrica
#june16
#studentuprising
#freedomstruggle
#antiapartheid
#democracy
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Soweto Uprising & The Anti-Apartheid Struggle Quiz
Learn about the 1976 student revolt in South Africa
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/soweto-uprising-anti-apartheid-struggle.html
14 days ago
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Eve and Adam II by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
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#EveAndAdamII
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Eve and Adam II by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Rethabile Masilo's 'Eve and Adam II' reimagines the Garden of Eden with playful irreverence—snakes, doggy style, and the fruit that condemned humanity
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2025/11/eve-and-adam-ii.html
15 days ago
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Frederick Douglass by Robert Hayden | Poems Rethabile Likes
po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/fred...
#RobertHayden
#FrederickDouglass
#ShawntayHenry
#PoemsRethabileLikes
#Sonnet
#AmericanPoetry
#Freedom
#PoetryCommunity
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Frederick Douglass by Robert Hayden | Poems Rethabile Likes
“Shawntay Henry reads Robert Hayden's sonnet 'Frederick Douglass' — a luminous meditation on freedom as a living, earned inheritance.”
https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/02/frederick-douglass-poem-robert-hayden-douglass-robert-hayden.html
15 days ago
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Rethabile
JBGarrity Photography
about 1 month ago
My Spiny Flower mantis reached adulthood and earned his wings. They had time to dry out, so it was time to exhibit those beautiful wings! 😍
#naturephotography
#nature
#wildlifephotography
#wildlife
#macrophotography
#macro
#prayingmantis
#mantis
#insects
#eastcoastkin
#photography
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Ret's Weekend English Roundup • Week 22, 2026
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Ret's Weekend English Roundup • Week 22, 2026
"Spill the beans" meaning: reveal a secret. Idiom lesson with video, examples & French translation for ESL students.
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/05/rets-weekend-english-roundup-week-22.html
16 days ago
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Fish Idioms • 50 Questions
ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/fish...
#FishIdioms
#IdiomQuiz
#ESLQuiz
#TrueOrFalse
#PlentyOfFishInTheSea
#FishOutOfWater
#BiggerFishToFry
#LearnEnglish
#ESL
#EnglishVocabulary
#EnglishExpressions
#Idioms
#LanguageLearning
#QuizTime
#ESLGames
#LearnWithFun
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Fish Idioms • 50 Questions
Test your knowledge of fish idioms! 50 true/false questions about 'plenty of fish in the sea', 'bigger fish to fry', and more.
https://ret-word-of-the-day.blogspot.com/2026/06/fish-idioms-50-questions.html
16 days ago
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