Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Oct 2023

Father's green leather

briefcase is in the kitchen--

filled with many dreams.

"Mooi Mitchy en sy pa se groen leersak of nie" ("Pretty Mitchy and his father's green leather bag or not", 2011, Ronelda Kamfer)

Collection "Glimpsed"

#fantasy #daydreaming #briefcase

Zywa Oct 2023

[ The cupboard, crammed full ]

The cupboard, crammed full

of my memories won't close --

Out! Out! Out! they push.

"oorvertel 5" - Mei 2010 ("retell 5" - May 2010, 2011, Ronelda Kamfer)

Collection "Being my own museum"

#memories

Zywa Oct 2023

[ Around your presence ]

Around your presence,

everything becomes gloomy --

So stay in my eyes!

Prose poem "Being Beauteous" (1875, Arthur Rimbaud), set to music in 1938-1939 by Benjamin Britten (opus 18)

Collection "Love Mind and Death"

#inlove #euphoria #love

Zywa Oct 2023

[ Come all through the gate ]

Come all through the gate

of our wedding: Be welcome --

to our paradise!

Prose poem "Royauté" ("Royal power", 1875, Arthur Rimbaud), set to music in 1938-1939 by Benjamin Britten (opus 18)

Collection "Love Mind and Death"

#party #happiness #paradise

Zywa Oct 2023

[ When terror is far ]

When terror is far

away, you can just remain --

on your pet subject.

Column "Leeg" ("Empty", 2023, Marcel van Roosmalen)

Collection "Stall"

#egocentrism

Zywa Oct 2023

[ There's the nagging pain ]

There's the nagging pain

of violence, and worse, of --

chatting about it.

Column "Leeg" ("Empty", 2023, Marcel van Roosmalen)

Collection "Stall"

#violence #powerlessness

Zywa Oct 2023

[ I slept like a bean ]

I slept like a bean

in the pod of my car, in --

my cradle, my egg.

Poem "The Egg" (1967, Louise Glück)

Collection "Stream"

#safety #comfort #egg