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Moedertang
SOME AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL reflection on the interplay and tensions between Afrikaans and English, published at LitNet.
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Comrade Guava Juice
Many of you may know that Sandile Dikeni, famous and notorious in the late 1980s for his poem ‘Guava juice’, which, apocryphally, spurred on youth to adopt the Molotov cocktail as a ready weapon, was...
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Short selection at Poetry International
Poetry International has just published a few of my poems. It includes the following five poems from This Carting Life: “Cape Town, Jerusalem“ “Easter“ “In Moscow with Mandelstam“ “Kingdom of Rain“...
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My Countrymen – Kelwyn Sole
My Countrymen As our treacherous land spins now away from the sun, and a carpet of stars descends on the cold floor of winter we, separately, yawn brush our teeth with the defence budget and go to bed...
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Helen Moffett, Four Poems
THE FOLLOWING poems are from Helen Moffett’s forthcoming debut volume of poetry, Strange Fruit, published by Modjaji Books (manifesto). Strange Fruit will be launched, together with three other volumes...
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Fiona Zerbst, Four Poems
FIONA ZERBST’s fourth volume of poetry, Oleander, is due soon from Modjaji Books, and will be launched alongside volumes from Sindiwe Magona, Joan Metelerkamp and Helen Moffett. Here are four poems...
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Mongane Serote, City Johannesburg
The following was originally published in Afrikaans in Rapport’s ‘Groot Woorde’ series (6 February 2010). Wish I had had more space: City Johannesburg – Mongane Serote This way I salute you: My hand...
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Review: Bodyhood, Leon de Kock
Leon de Kock, Bodyhood, Umuzi, 2010 (Afrikaans original at Boekeblok) With its eye-catching cover designed by Michiel Botha, Bodyhood is Leon de Kock’s third collection of poetry. As the back cover...
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