Heidi Henning
Heidi Elisabeth Henning was born in Johannesburg, and attended Roedean School South Africa, where she was awarded the English Essay Prize. She went on to study a Bachelor of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a Master of Science in Creative Writing at Edinburgh University. She has been published in New Contrast Literary Journal and had one piece of fiction published by Edinburgh University Press.
She has lived in the UK, Namibia and South Africa, and currently lives on a farm in South Africa with her partner and two young daughters. She has just published her first collection of poetry entitled Misheard, on Amazon and Xlibris.
Dimensions
2014-01-14 "Swallowing regret as he readsThe rustle of a light and air exposed page
Coughing out a smoky stained breath"
Viral dependency
2014-01-14"The Gutenberg press wilts under an abandoned canvas
three-dimensional caress of the pen has faded"
Calm
2014-01-10"One small drop of this quiet
Falling from the dappled shade, carried by the breeze"
Whimsical generator
2013-12-04"You and I have a complicated relationship
Like a long unbalanced equation
Requiring a clear mind, in the heat-fatigued night"
Birdsong
2013-11-20 "Long into the afternoon shadowsAs I search through the dark pool of sounds
for the same lost call."
Water Fragments
2013-11-13 "A pool, surrounded by rock, quiet green fronds of ferns swayingA strong chlorinated chill in an unidentified, deeply known place"
Sunset
2013-10-29 "The rays of light have become irresponsibleThey sparkle with a slightly more subtle shine"
Wind Cathedral
2013-09-18"This place is quiet
silence dominates the days
before sunset, a breeze begins to move the sand"
Stormy weather
2013-08-27"The collecting of clouds, gathering grey matter
behind the blue gum trees
magnifying the bird calls
the rising humidity"
Night swimming
2013-06-25 Your dreams are shipwreckedpaint-washed, bleached
tossed
boxed in the sea, floating unidentified.
Fences
2013-05-20 "A border becomes a gatewaythey stamp over the barbed wire, fearless,
moving into a softer place"
