Om die gedagte van geel

The sun is the centre of this collection, praised in every shade of yellow that earth and sky can offer as the giver of life. Its yellows pale towards the white of the moon or deepen to the crimson of flames, volcanoes, storms and tidal waves, and life and loss keep trading places throughout. Some poems speak, at times bluntly, of what women live through in distant places, from ancient Greece and Afghanistan to Mexico, Tibet, Russia and Malta; yet they always return to the Overberg wheat country in which she was born and expects to be buried. Fervent lyrics stand beside story poems that catch a sudden glimpse into another life. A crowd of figures passes through: Harald, partner in conversation from earlier books, mad Elsie, an elusive lover, friends, siblings and, above all, a lovely mother and a fierce father.

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About the book

Form

Poetry

First published

2012 by Tafelberg

ISBN

9780624054467 (original)