POEM
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
That night, it rained so hard it was biblical. The Thames sunk the …
POEM
FATHER AND SON
In the wings there is one who waits to go on, and another, his scene run, who waits …
POEM
THE SELF-PLAYING INSTRUMENT OF WATER
It is the story of the falling rain To turn into a leaf and fall again It is …
POET
Maryam Hooleh
Abol Froushan
Maryam Hooleh was born in 1978 in Tehran and started writing from an early …
POET
Kim Cheng Boey
Michelle Cahill
Kim Cheng Boey’s poetry memorialises the past as a way of understanding …
POET
Marlene van Niekerk
Leon de Kock
Marlene van Niekerk is a poet, critic, novelist, dramatist and professor of writing …
POET
Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali
Nadine Gordimer
Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali was born in Kwabhanya (Vryheid), KwaZulu-Natal in 1940. …
POET
Kobus Moolman
Kelwyn Sole
Kobus Moolman was born in 1964, and currently lives in Pietermaritzburg. He has …
POET
Sirkka Turkka
Adriaan van der Hoeven
Sirkka Turkka often seems to have more of a soft spot for animals than for people. …
POET
Risto Oikarinen
Adriaan van der Hoeven
The Finnish poet Risto Oikarinen was born far from the big city in a region full of …
POET
Tua Forsström
Lisette Keustermans
Tua Forsström (1947) is one of the most important poets of Swedish-speaking Finland, …
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