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A steady vigil over the slow death of the anti-apartheid dream: Rustum Kozain reviews Kelwyn Sole’s latest poetry collection, Walking, Falling

July 3, 2017March 7, 2020Rustum KozainLeave a Comment on A steady vigil over the slow death of the anti-apartheid dream: Rustum Kozain reviews Kelwyn Sole’s latest poetry collection, Walking, Falling

Kelwyn Sole Walking, Falling Deep South, 2017   Read: Four Poems by Kelwyn Sole   Walking, Falling extends Kelwyn Sole’s…

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Four Poems by Kelwyn Sole

July 3, 2017October 22, 2021Kelwyn SoleLeave a Comment on Four Poems by Kelwyn Sole

Kelwyn Sole Walking, Falling Deep South Publishers, 2017       Read Rustum Kozain’s review of this collection: A steady…

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Two poems by Rethabile Masilo

June 5, 2017October 22, 2021Rethabile Masilo5 Comments on Two poems by Rethabile Masilo

Flesh and blood One is very crazy when one is in love —Sigmund Freud Tiananmen. A monk’s body burns—his tunic…

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Portrait of the poet as a young genius: Bongani Madondo reviews Koleka Putuma’s Collective Amnesia

May 1, 2017April 30, 2019Bongani MadondoLeave a Comment on Portrait of the poet as a young genius: Bongani Madondo reviews Koleka Putuma’s Collective Amnesia

There is an ‘undecidable conflict’ between the poet’s desire to sing an alternative world and, as Grossman puts it, the…

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New poetry by Rustum Kozain: ‘When I write’

May 1, 2017October 22, 2021Rustum KozainLeave a Comment on New poetry by Rustum Kozain: ‘When I write’

When I write Prose poem Rustum Kozain When I write, I am aware of how meaningless and ineffectual the activity…

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