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''Bonfire'' Reimagined: Tilana Boshoff

Gary Cummiskey 2011-06-07

"In chains" Reimagined: Bella

Gary Cummiskey 2011-06-06

"Watched/watching" Reimagined: Hilda Smits

Gary Cummiskey, Hilda Smits 2011-06-06

"Meat" Reimagined: Hilda Smits

Gary Cummiskey, Hilda Smits 2011-06-06

"Bonfire" Reimagined: Hilda Smits

Gary Cummiskey, Hilda Smits 2011-06-06 Click here to read the poem. Click here for more information about this project.

"In chains" Reimagined: Hilda Smits

Gary Cummiskey, Hilda Smits 2011-06-06  

Gary Cummiskey Reimagined

2011-06-02 LitNet asked a number of artists to send us their visual interpretations of Gary Cummiskey’s poems. 

Vir 'n digter

Hilda Smits 2011-06-01 Vir ’n digter daar is heuning in jou woordekonsonante tussen jou tandesagte vokale in jou handskudjou soepel tong vlek my vel oop in die reën in die reën vlek jou sterk soepel tong my oop ek ...

Backpack

Gary Cummiskey 2011-06-01 Backpack We have to walk from Jo’burg to Lusaka. We don’t have passports or money – just backpacks and bottled water. And we must get there in two days’ time. Why two days, no one knows – no one ...

In chains

Gary Cummiskey 2011-06-01 In chains I leap down from the building into the fire. The women stand with their breasts in chains. I can’t get to collect my curry supper. The owl is going insane. This is a night of anxiety. I’m on a ...

Bonfire

Gary Cummiskey 2011-06-01 Bonfire Pour on more petrol and watch the flames leap higher. They’ll keep you warm on the night when you have no shelter and an eagle nips at the pit of your stomach. They’ll keep you warm on the night when the ...

Watched/watching

Gary Cummiskey 2011-06-01 Watched/watching We were being watched by the people on the boat. We were doing things. We were sticking our fingers in each other’s brains. They were watching us as we watched the samurai on horseback race along the ...

Meat: a film scenario

Gary Cummiskey 2011-06-01 Meat: a film scenario A man was walking down the street. He went into a butchery to buy some meat. As he left, blood was trickling round his feet. The end.

Another version

Kobus Moolman 2011-05-26 Another version Of the same road And it was raining And they had stopped to help ...

One version of the road

Kobus Moolman 2011-05-26 One version of the road And the sun was behind his head And it was much later than he thought And he thought that he had nothing more to say And he did not know whether he should And he thought that he would anyway And the ...

Vat dit

Leon de Kock 2011-05-10 Leon de Kock lees "Vat dit."   Uit Letter to South Africa, Umuzi, 2011

Suid-Afrika - 'n Rap-sodie op die boud

Danie Marais 2011-05-10 Danie Marais lees "Suid-Afrika – ’n Rap-sodie op die boud", sy gedig uit Letters to South Africa.

Ag, anderkant Freud

Waldemar Gouws 2011-05-04 Ag, anderkant Freud “Jy is jou tyd ver vooruit,” het hulle vir my gesê terwyl ek op sterwe lê, en vir my ’n pikswart plasmaprent van die swaartekraggat gewys – en neerhalend vertel van ...

The owl and the swan

Ingrid de Kok 2011-04-07 The owl and the swan For AK and JS A spotted eagle owl swooped on to his Cape Town roof like the vengeance of the Lord, sat there silently for ...

Misheard

Heidi Henning 2011-04-05 Misheard A border fence in the rain of the Eastern Cape An empty room on the farm A shadow Is where I see you A dune we once jumped over Is where you are A bag of plastic animals Becoming Games There are no more of our games Only chess With changed ...
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