THEMED SECTION 2
POETRY

 

New Land

 

 

Kobus Moolman

University of the Western Cape, South Africa. jmoolman@uwc.ac.za

 

 

(for Adam Small 1936-2016)

Black mountain silence.

Broken land

without breath.

Three thin white trees.

A woman with a rock on her back

where her baby used to be.

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Bare river panting.

Steep sky

without air.

Three thin yellow dogs.

A man with a rusted spade

where his hand used to be.

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Old words undefeated.

Old songs

without any rest.

Three thin blue chimes.

A child with a torch in its mouth

where the long night used to be.