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Drops of Tears in the Desert is a collection of poems that I wrote while staying in a township. I lived amongst people who drank alcohol daily. There were also students who had relationship with employed married men. These girls were after fashion clothes, shoes, cell phones, laptops and cash. They owned expensive cell phones and laptops which they bought with money from their prostitution. They did not regard themselves as prostitute thought. One young woman, 27 years of age repeating Grade 12 told me she loved money. She knew she was not working or running a business but she had to have ...

The title Venom in the Heart of a Woman is about women who can be very wicked towards their own children, grand-children, relatives and people in general. I met people who are so cruel they don’t reverence God. They regard themselves so powerful as though they will not die one day. I personally believe that men can be cruel but not like women. I thank God of heaven for giving me, my husband and daughter life and really protecting us day and night. While writing about the bad things my mother and people did to me, God laid upon my heart to write this book. In this book I talk about my ...

Riding on the Back of a Poor Man are poems written by Doreen expressing what she experienced and also saw done to poor people. For some of us we need hardship to break us and mould us. Some of us when we prosper we tend to relax and not depend on God. These poems are also about grand-mothers who take care of their grand-children. There are poems such as “Riding on back of the poor man and a ride on the poor woman’s shoulders’. These are about how some rich people take advantage of poor people. The poems are also about how some women both young and old do not value their lives. I met a...

This book Souls Amongst Lions: Battle In The Valley Of Death is about my own experience of others I met who suffered in the hands of their mothers, siblings and in-laws. In this book I touch on marriages between refugees and citizens. My own experience and that of my husband and child has been a painful one. My mother rejecting me for marrying a foreigner. Ganging up with her children, their spouses and children against me, my husband and child. Also recruiting her relatives, friends and some people in the community to reject me. She also hired some stalkers to monitor me and my child. She ...

Once The Outcast People a collection of poems that I wrote about Colored People (children born from different races). These are regarded as drunkards, immoral, uncultured, mixed blood, trouble makers, rude, undisciplined, criminals, gangsters and illiterate. These is true for some of Coloreds but then how do we as Christians help some of these people. If God did not use His Afrikaner servant in 2018 to minister deliverance to me, to teach me about forgiveness and love of God I would have been among such ruthless criminals. My mother going all out to destroy me and my child with occult ...

These poems Past Shame, Present Pain, Future Gain are about my past and that of some people which are full of shame because of their own deeds and that of their parents or ancestors. Present Pain that they are going through and overcoming through the Blood of Jesus Christ. Finally the Future Gain that we have hope for the return of our LORD Jesus Christ. Our heavenly Father led me to write these poems that deal with daily issues that we face. I write not because I have achieved but simply depending on the Holy Spirit daily for help in my walk with our LORD Jesus Christ. The journey to ...

If I Lived A 1000 Years are poems that are wrote about life issues. People are losing their lives due to various reasons. Some it’s because of their lifestyle of food they eat, drinking alcohol, smoking drugs and crime. Some it’s because of sickness and diseases. We used to hear the words “I’m too young to die”. Nowadays one does not hear these words anymore because the sting of death is vicious. But God is still in charge of this life. God is still in control. There are people in our country who are over 90 years are healthy. One old lady turned hundred in December 2022. She can ...

Women Without Wombs: Lamentation of the Childless is a collection of poems that I wrote after undergoing hysterectomy myself. I met fellow Black ladies who had womb problems. Some had cancer, some had fibroids, some had conception and problems. There is such fear, so little knowledge about womb disease out there. Some married women had challenges of their husbands cheating or even divorcing these tormented women. To remove a womb amongst some of us Africans it's still a taboo thing. The woman is called names. One Zimbabwean said in her area the woman is called "a mine". There is this ...

The book you are about to read is based on my painful experience with my mother, sibling, relatives, some members of churches and communities I lived in. Even though I suffered in some churches and under some preachers who call themselves servants of God I continue to serve God and have fellowship with brethren in a church. This book is one of those difficult ones for me to write. I delayed for a while when God instructed me to write about my own personal abuse. To tell the truth I did not think, great book to write Father, I will start right away. God showed me my rejection by my mother ...

As long as we are in this world pain is unavoidable. The wise endure the pain every day. The tile Yesterday My Pain Today My Poem Tomorrow My Praise is about painful experiences that we have that God turns to our poems today then praise tomorrow. We look back and see situations that God saved us and realized that our pain becomes our poem. When we are victorious after overcoming the painful situation we praise God for these testimonies. Pain if not attended to can lead to sorrow, shedding of tears that lead to depression and other diseases, ultimately death. It’s important to pray about ...

44 Liters of Tears is a collection of poems about tears of joy and tears of sorrow shed daily throughtout the world. These are poems to encourage those shedding tears of sorrow.

Silencing the Laughter of Goliath are poems written by Doreen regarding handling criticism. There are certain circumstances that a person have no control of, for example we don’t choose who are mothers and fathers must be, we don’t choose what race we must be and we don’t choose our appearance. Women who fornicate as young girls then reject the children they bear as a result of such an act. The child cannot be humiliated for such an act. To this I wrote poems “Forbidden to talk, a mystery to unfold, she loved her not’. The title is referring to how some people mock and belittle ...

The Citizens Bow To The Refugee is about citizens who find themselves in poverty and begging in their own countries. It is about determination of some refugees when they enter a foreign country. They learn the languages, cultures, business opportunities, career opportunities and the politics of the country they are granted asylum.

The title is rather a provoking one and will raise objections from some people. Nevertheless the Lord gave me this title when I was battling against poverty. I was trying my best to help others out of poverty, sharing the little investment knowledge I know about shares, unit trusts, 32 days’ notice investments, Government Bonds and stockvel . I say little knowledge because I’m not an expert in the field and have a lot to learn. It does not give an excuse to hoarding but encourages givers to give wisely. Most of us were not taught financial skills as children, when we got a coin we ...

These are anthologies about domestic workers and their madams. I worked a few times as a domestic worker and experienced hands on hardship of what these determined women go through. Being shouted by madam, her husband and children. It surprised me that in South Africa have 22 years of democracy but still have madams who call their domestic workers “girls”. I mean a 40 year woman being called a “Girl” by a 24 year woman. You find an old man called a “garden boy”. Madam’s kids calling the domestic worker by name not showing respect. I worked for one old woman who demanded ...

Tenacity Of The Maid are anthologies that I wrote while working as a domestic worker. I must say I learned to respect domestic workers than I ever did before. I met domestic workers in Jo’burg, Venda and Polokwane and saw one thing in common, these mothers are hard working and determined to fight poverty. They endure being underpaid, overworked, long hours of work, humiliation, belittling by their madams, their bosses’ husbands, and children. These women have to take care of their own families after a long day of hard work. Most madam’s do not register domestic workers for ...

This book is about poverty that is plundering humanity. Poverty is a complicated concept to find a quick solution to. Some families have been plundered by poverty for many generations. For a person to fight poverty it takes discipline, determination, prayer and perseverance. It is not an overnight achievement but takes long to overcome.

The title Once Betrayed, Twice Betrayed But Never Dismayed is a collection of poems I wrote about the painful experiences of people today. A young man is invited to go and “chill” at the “street bash” by his friend who then kills him when they are fighting for a young woman. A husband is betrayed by his wife whom he finds with his cousin in bed. A wife is betrayed by her husband by her best friend. There are so many betrayals in this world. Mothers betray their children, fathers betray their children and children betray their parents. I was betrayed by my mother, father, siblings, ...

I wrote Who Owns Your Soul? during 2011 - 2012. I revised Who Owns Your Soul? Revised Edition. in 2016. Now Holy Spirit laid it upon my heart to revise this book into Series. This Book is Who Owns Your Soul? Series: Vol. 1 of Vol. 5. Who Owns Your Soul? is now 6 years and Holy Spirit is still taking this book to countries that I may never go in my lifetime. This is a battle plan to destroy and dispossess death, poverty and destruction in Africa and the world. Our Lord Jesus Christ asked this questions which is so relevant today when people do not hesitate to sell their souls to Satan for ...

What is the Color of Souls is poetry about love between a Black and White person. Though there are many Coloreds in the world some people still find it difficult to accept marriages between different race groups. My grand-mother was a White woman and my grand-father was a Black Mozambican Changaan. They were never married for various reason one of them being that my grand-father was married and also it was during Apartheid which forbidden marriages of Black and White. Growing up in that environment I learned the joys, tears, criticism of interracial relationships and marriages. Besides all ...