die seisoene

skil

die dae

kalm

een vir

een

van die rame

van

vensters

 sy regopstaan

in stukke

opgekap

uit gritserigheid

word die

vertederende

vreedsaamheid

van slaap 

gegiet

photos and poems - Lara Kirsten

Haiku

old edition, hardcover,

its smell, and such thoughtfulness:

the tasselled bookmark

*  *  *

the moth fluttering

for life: following, two wasps

precision flying

*  *  *

in fynbosveld

down, where the stem meets sand

– the stillness of god

 -  Brian Walter

            Home Ground

We grow old:

the madcap swirl

of bikes, bars, sore loves

cramping

into bounds

we once only could imagine,

governors

that someday

would settle our home ground.

 - Norman Morrissey

            More Human

As Leonardo said,

Death comes to us all

– but the thought of it

can make us

more

human.

 - Norman Morrissey