Peaches en Paula
Diana FerrusPeaches en Paula
met babas aan hul sye
en lywe waarin naalde bly –
hoe word gedagtegang
’n elle lange seisoen
waar die son se strale niks meer doen
waar die wind se bittere slae
oneindig teen die venster kla
waar reën, wat aanhoudend teen die dak
wilskrag al verder in die grond laat sak
waar die hartklop vir leef al verder wegsweef?
Hoe vorm ons ’n ander seisoen –
een in die middel van die vier
waarin die geel son
saam met die sneeu, wit feesvier –
hoe skep ons ’n reën, ’n strelende wind
wat outomaties die fout met ’n herstel bind –
hoe stil ons die verlange van die kind?
From: McGregor Poetry Festival 2014 Anthology
First published in 2015 by African Sun Press
in association with The McGregor Poetry Festival Committee
ISBN 978-0-620-64600-0
The Poet:
First published in 2015 by African Sun Press
in association with The McGregor Poetry Festival Committee
ISBN 978-0-620-64600-0
The Poet:
Diana Ferrus is a writer, poet, performance poet, story-teller, editor and publisher, best known for her epic poem about the Khoisan woman, Sarah Baartman, whose remains were on display in Paris until 1986. She is a founder member of the Afrikaanse Skrywersvereniging, Bush Poets and Women in Xchains. Her works, in both Afrikaans and English, have been published in various anthologies and a collection, Ons Komvandaan.
Previously published:
Diana Ferrus: I’ve come to take you home; Obsession; and The journey from her collection I’ve come to take you home.
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