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Die wit rokkie

Evelyn 2013-10-01 "my eerste nuwe rok wat ek sou besit

dieselfde patroon vir al ses sussies geknip
want ons sou mooi om die graf moes sing"

Afrika-spyskaart

Madri Cordier 2013-10-01

"Die hele perdevleisstorie ruk nou handuit
en elke donkie vlug op 'n bootjie landuit
Ek hoor nou dat buffalo wings hoender bevat
en is vreeslik bang om Mrs Ball’s se inhoud te skat"

Loss

Heidi Henning 2013-09-18

"The heart carries loss like a soldier
Stoic, strong, continuing to function"

Dag in Kalkbaai

Marthé McLoud Poësie 2013-09-18

"Kalkbaai sit vanoggend gewolmus
en geserp toegevou in oggendmis
met vergesigte van fletsblou lug –
vissersbootjies wat kleure praat"

Wind Cathedral

Heidi Henning 2013-09-18

"This place is quiet
silence dominates the days
before sunset, a breeze begins to move the sand"

Standbeeld

Henk Seymore 2013-09-18

"U is besienswaardig!
Merkwaardig.
Medaljes marsjeer in
gelid oor u hart."

Ongestrykte verlede

Karel Kopbeen 2013-09-11

"Gladys staan in ‘n wit kombuis
en sing haar struggle songs.
Sy bevry die skottelgoed,
wurg en druk die onderdrukkende water
uit die spons uit."

Chemotherapy

renee 2013-09-11

"Go with the flow, he says
Who says? He, he who dishes the dirt,
poison for the pores, the nerve endings, the brain"

The born-frees

Baipedi Mosebi 2013-09-03

"What worth is your bravery?
As I’m surrounded by poverty
What for was all that chivalry?
I’m a born-free, for I stand proudly jobless"

To Whom It May Concern

Celia Claase 2013-09-03

"A large life should not end ordinarily
quietly during sleep
in isolation or at the turn of a switch"

poesie oepsie bedoel poësie

Hennie Meyer 2013-09-03 Hennie Meyer laat woorde en beelde op papier met mekaar ... omgaan.

Bewolk, kans op neerslag

Loftus Marais 2013-08-27 " [...] en tydens die dink vir gedigskryf
die skuinsstrepies reën, tot dun akute vereenvoudig?"

Stil lewe

Joan Hambidge 2013-08-27

"Ons liefde se vervaldatum
het aangebreek. In my badkamer
staan grimering en klein allerlei."

Stormy weather

Heidi Henning 2013-08-27

"The collecting of clouds, gathering grey matter
behind the blue gum trees
magnifying the bird calls
the rising humidity"

Through a haze of menthol

Wesley Roodt 2013-08-27 "Through a haze of menthol-infused
Cigarette smoke
I see his head bobbing back and forth
With the basic rhythms
Of the music in his mind"

Sol Plaatje European Union Award Poetry Award 2013

2013-08-27 Entries for the third Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award for poetry in all 11 South African languages have reopened! Winning poems will form part of a poetry anthology that honours the spirit of Sol Plaatje, the activist, linguist and translator, novelist, journalist and leader. The deadline for submissions is now Monday 9 September 2013.

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