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Our Words, Our Worlds - Writing On Black South African Women Poets, 2000?2018 (Paperback): Makhosazana Xaba Our Words, Our Worlds - Writing On Black South African Women Poets, 2000–2018 (Paperback)
Makhosazana Xaba
R315 R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Save R24 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This groundbreaking, multi-genre anthology answers the question: what did the literary landscape look like in South Africa at the start of the twenty-first century?

It documents a slice of this landscape by bringing together the writings of over twenty contributors through literary critique, personal essays and interviews. The book tells the story of the seismic shift that transformed national culture through poetry and is the first of its kind to explore the history and impact of poetry by Black women, in their own voices. It straddles disciplines: literary theory, feminism, history of the book and politics – thus decolonising literary culture.

Our Words, Our Worlds covers expansive reflections: from the international diplomacy-transforming poem, ‘I Have Come to Take You Home’ by Diana Ferrus, to the pioneering publisher duduzile zamantungwa mabaso; from the self-confessed closeted poet Sedica Davids, to the fiery unapologetic feminist Bandile Gumbi; from the world-renowned Malika Ndlovu, to the engineer and award-winning Nosipho Gumede; from the formidable foursome Feela Sistah, to feminist literary scholars V.M. Sisi Maqagi and Barbara Boswell. The collective contributions are a testimony to the power of creativity and centrality of poetry in a changing society.

This book is an assertion of Black women’s intellectual prowess and – as Gabeba Baderoon puts it – black women’s visions of ‘a world made whole by their presence’.

Years Of Fire And Ash - South African Poems Of Decolonisation (Paperback): Wamuwi Mbao Years Of Fire And Ash - South African Poems Of Decolonisation (Paperback)
Wamuwi Mbao
R260 R232 Discovery Miles 2 320 Save R28 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In Years of Fire and Ash: South African Poems of Decolonisation, fifty years of protest poetry are brought together in a single volume by literary critic and lecturer Dr Wamuwi Mbao. The animating impulse behind this collection of old and new voices is ‘decolonisation’, a term which has regained prominence over the last few years. It allows us to perceive how different South African poets have placed their work in the world, and how that work might relate to the struggle for radical social transformation. How, then, does decolonization look like in the world of South African poetry? This anthology is an attempt to answer that question.

The poems express the thoughts and experiences of poets who experienced Apartheid, but also of those who address current political realities. This collection includes established voices as well as prominent Emmanuel Taban is one of contemporary poets.

The Sun And Her Flowers (Paperback): Rupi Kaur The Sun And Her Flowers (Paperback)
Rupi Kaur 5
R380 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R41 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From Rupi Kaur, the top ten Sunday Times bestselling author of Milk And Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry.

Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun And Her Flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms.

Knapsekerels (Afrikaans, Paperback): Pieter Fourie Knapsekerels (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Pieter Fourie
R175 R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Save R13 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Die gedigte handel onder meer oor 'n byna uitgestorwe plattelandse lewe met tradisionele gebruike en ambagte. Tog word dit haarskerp en klokhelder verwoord sodat ook die moderne stadsmens aanklank daarby kan vind. Maar hy skryf ewe meevoerend oor die stad (Kaapstad).

Daar is ook aktuele gedigte oor Suid-Afrikaanse toestande, tydlose verse oor die dood en prikkelende maar ook skreiende uitbeeldings van die liefde. Die verse het 'n eie, unieke klank en styl. Die minimalistiese woordgebruik is besonder suggestieryk en skep dikwels meerduidighede - betekeniseggo's wat naklinkend in die leser se kop bly draai.

Die beelde en klanke klou inderdaad aan jou soos knapsekêrels.

In A Free State - A Music (Paperback): P.R. Anderson In A Free State - A Music (Paperback)
P.R. Anderson
R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

In this quite extraordinary sequence of poems, P.R. Anderson discombobulates and re-assembles the image and idiom of the various nations, landscapes and earthscapes of central South Africa.

From first peoples, to those who took and settled on their ancestral lands, and to those for whom that land would come ancestral, In a Free State encompasses and compresses centuries of human drama into a fleeting and temperamental poetic narrative.

Yet this is no drudge, nor is it a historical yarn. With an easy mastery of form and metre, coupled with swashbuckling metaphorical and -textual flourish, Anderson's new "music" is a bold and visionary work. A piece of South African poetry - and South African storytelling - unlike any other.

Loss - Poems To Better Weather The Many Waves Of Grief (Hardcover): Donna Ashworth Loss - Poems To Better Weather The Many Waves Of Grief (Hardcover)
Donna Ashworth 1
R250 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R23 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Those cast adrift in the lonely sea of grief will find something on every page to cling to, when that water gets too rough.

Donna Ashworth is the wordsmith behind the social media phenomenon LADIES PASS IT ON, and her community of more than 680,000 followers across two platforms is growing by 10,000 every month. LOSS is a collection of poems, for those looking to soothe their soul and find an anchor to guide their spirit. Amidst an incredible understanding of how it feels to lose the ones we love the most, Donna's writing gives a glimpse of light that can be found within the darkest moments. This collection of grief poetry will bring comfort but also peace, acceptance and the very important reminder that you are never alone. A must for anyone who has lost someone.

Donna's poems have gone viral, travelled round the world and been viewed millions of times. Using her own experiences to nurture others, her work is celebrated by a huge online following and is the inspiration for both video content and many songs. Her poems are frequently read by celebrities and she has been featured in both Grazia and Glamour magazine as one of the most celebrated female poets. This new collection of poems aims to guide people through loneliness and loss, bringing serenity and support whilst remembering those who have passed.

Life - Poems To Help Navigate Life's Many Twists & Turns (Hardcover): Donna Ashworth Life - Poems To Help Navigate Life's Many Twists & Turns (Hardcover)
Donna Ashworth
R250 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R23 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

What is life if not everything, and sometimes all at once. This collection of poems is for anyone who has lived, and who has more living to do.

For those looking for inspiration, peace and acceptance on the bumpy road that is life, Donna Ashworth's poems give insight into the enigmas of ageing, body image, family and the rapidly changing world around us.

For every twist, turn and roadblock the journey has to offer, this collection provides relief to busy minds and dares us to live with a reckless abundance of joy.

Olga Kirsch - A Life In Poetry (Paperback): Egonne Roth Olga Kirsch - A Life In Poetry (Paperback)
Egonne Roth
R275 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Although Olga Kirsch’s is the only Jewish voice in Afrikaans poetry, it is scarcely known among members of the South African Jewish community. Olga Kirsch was, after Elisabeth Eybers, only the second woman to publish a collection of poetry in Afrikaans.

The aims of this biography are to reverse this slide into obscurity and to show why her work is important not only in South Africa but also in Israel.

It does not only investigate Kirsch’s role as Afrikaans Jewish poet but also examines her as an example of a cross-cultural, multi-lingual immigrant poet. As such some of her English and Hebrew poetry are included in this work.

Die Maan Is Swart - Gedigte Van Adam Small (Afrikaans, Paperback): Adam Small, Ronelda Kamfer Die Maan Is Swart - Gedigte Van Adam Small (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Adam Small, Ronelda Kamfer 1
R230 R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Save R31 (13%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Hierdie keur bevat van Adam Small se gewildste – en gee ook aandag aan sy minder bekende – gedigte. Die doel van hiedie versameling is om sy bydrae tot Suid-Afrikaanse letterkunde, en Kaaps, te vereer.

Die klem word geplaas op die tersaaklikheid en veelsydigheid van sy stem. Adam Small se eerste bundel het in 1957 verskyn en dekades later gee sy woorde steeds ’n stem aan die gemarginaliseerdes en die werkende stand.

Die maan is swart is saamgestel deur Ronelda S Kamfer.

What The Moon Gave Her (Paperback): Christi Steyn What The Moon Gave Her (Paperback)
Christi Steyn
R295 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R31 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

It is never too late to become all that you envision. Your birth happens more than once so sink into each feeling of uncertainty and ride with the waves. From loneliness, fear, and change comes a breathtaking collection of poetry that inspires strength and self-healing during a time when we couldn't feel farther apart.

What the Moon Gave Her is a poetry collection born from self-discovery. The debut collection from Christi Steyn delves into themes of self-doubt, anxiety, and the unprecedented loss felt during the height of the pandemic. Beauty is found in every corner of this book's six dynamic chapters--"birth by the ocean", "youplucked too many petals," "how to grow wings," "dancing dolphins," "full moon/bloom" and "two trees intertwined"

What the Moon Gave Her is a moving collection about rebirth and the way we reconnect with the world around us through love.

Sea Prayer (Hardcover): Khaled Hosseini Sea Prayer (Hardcover)
Khaled Hosseini; Illustrated by Dan Williams 1
R400 R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A heart-wrenching story from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrations

On a moonlit beach a father cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to break and a boat to arrive. He speaks to his boy of the long summers of his childhood, recalling his grandfather's house in Syria, the stirring of olive trees in the breeze, the bleating of his grandmother's goat, the clanking of her cooking pots. And he remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs with its crowded lanes, its mosque and grand souk, in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee.

When the sun rises they and those around them will gather their possessions and embark on a perilous sea journey in search of a new home.

Seasons Come To Pass - A Poetry Anthology For Southern African Students (Paperback, 3rd ed): H. Moffett Seasons Come To Pass - A Poetry Anthology For Southern African Students (Paperback, 3rd ed)
H. Moffett 5
R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Ships in 6 - 10 working days

Drawing on fifteen centuries of poetry from all over the world, the third edition of Seasons Come To Pass continues to make poetry relevant and accessible to students in Southern Africa.

The anthology includes unusual, erotic, witty, and political poems, presented in chronological order. A wide range of poets is included, from classics and old favourites to fresh new voices.

This anthology offers support and guidance by providing a clear overview of the important movements in the history of the English language and its literature, as well as detailed notes on critical analysis and techniques for writing essays and exams. The aim is to encourage students to develop the confidence to express their ideas in writing. Practical examples are given of how to come to grips with poetry, and develop critical and analytical skills. Poems are brought alive through supporting notes that tackle contemporary and controversial concerns.

Healing Through Words (Hardcover): Rupi Kaur Healing Through Words (Hardcover)
Rupi Kaur 2
R500 R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Save R54 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Healing Through Words is a guided tour on the journey back to the self, a cathartic and mindful exploration through writing.

This carefully curated collection of exercises asks only that you be vulnerable and honest, both with yourself and the page.

You don't need to be a writer to take this walk; you just need to write - that's all.

An Illuminated Darkness - Poems (Paperback): Jacques Coetzee An Illuminated Darkness - Poems (Paperback)
Jacques Coetzee
R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Winner of the 2022 Ingrid Jonker Prize.

Jacques Coetzee's debut is a manifesto of personhood, a portrait of a world brought into being by its textures, its movements, and - most importantly - its music.

Easy-flowing and sensuous, this is a collection of the unexpected, the strange, and the suddenly beautiful. Unavoidably and undeniably, Coetzee's is a truly unique perspective

I Wish I Knew - Poems To Soothe Your Soul & Strengthen Your Spirit (Hardcover): Donna Ashworth I Wish I Knew - Poems To Soothe Your Soul & Strengthen Your Spirit (Hardcover)
Donna Ashworth
R260 R236 Discovery Miles 2 360 Save R24 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In this fast-paced world, I Wish I Knew is a collection of poems to guide us through the wilderness of life, navigating body image, emotions, mental health, and personal growth.

With honest lessons learned from rock bottom, Donna Ashworth's writing helps us to find courage in chaos and rise to every challenge.

Sparking joy, surprise, and gratitude on each page, this collection will soothe your soul, strengthen your spirit, and help you find your own unique voice.

Home Body (Paperback): Rupi Kaur Home Body (Paperback)
Rupi Kaur 1
R380 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R41 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of Milk And Honey and The Sun And Her Flowers comes her greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.

Rupi Kaur constantly embraces growth, and in Home Body she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present and the potential of the self. Home Body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself - reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change.

Illustrated by the author, themes of nature and nurture, light and dark, rest here.

Narreskip - Gedigte (Afrikaans, Paperback): Johan Myburg Narreskip - Gedigte (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Johan Myburg
R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Oor hierdie Hertzogpryswenner se nuutste bundel sê Louis Esterhuizen: “Nog selde het ek ʼn versameling gedigte teëgekom wat so volgehoue en voluit op satire ingestel is, in dié mate dat hierdie gedigte gunstig vergelyk met MM Walters se indrukwekkende digterskap. Bykans die totaliteit van menswees en menslike prestasie word in hierdie gedigte voor stok gekry: van die klassieke skrywers en mitologieë, tot die hedendaagse; so ook die visuele kunste en musiek."

The Flame (Hardcover, Main): Leonard Cohen The Flame (Hardcover, Main)
Leonard Cohen; Foreword by Adam Cohen; Edited by Robert Faggen, Alexandra Pleshoyano 3
R678 R595 Discovery Miles 5 950 Save R83 (12%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

THESE POEMS AND NOTEBOOKS ARE THE LAST WORD FROM THE LATE, GREAT LEONARD COHEN.

The Flame is a stunning collection of Leonard Cohen's last poems and writings, selected and ordered by Cohen in the final months of his life. The book contains an extensive selection from Cohen's notebooks, featuring lyrics, prose pieces and illustrations, which he kept in poetic form throughout his life, and offers an unprecedentedly intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist and thinker. An enormously powerful final chapter in Cohen's storied literary career, The Flame showcases the full range of Leonard Cohen's lyricism, from the exquisitely transcendent to the darkly funny.

By turns devastatingly sad and winningly strange, these are the works of a poet and lyricist who has plumbed the depths of our darkest questions and come up wanting, yearning for more.

Soekenjin (Afrikaans, Paperback): Bibi Slippers Soekenjin (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Bibi Slippers
R310 R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Save R19 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Soekenjin is ’n bundel oor begeerte, 'n versameling verse oor die lewe in die tyd van die Internet van Dinge. Dit is gedigte oor die soeke na alles: liefde, die self, betekenis en die regte woord, en oor die sublieme en banale dinge wat ons as soekers vind.

Die bundel ondersoek ook die vreemde afdraaipaadjies waarlangs ons nuuskierigheid, behoeftes en verslawings ons lei.

Milk and Honey (Hardcover, 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition): Rupi Kaur Milk and Honey (Hardcover, 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
Rupi Kaur
R590 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Save R71 (12%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This stunning new hardcover book celebrates the journey of Rupi Kaur and milk and honey.

  • 40 new original poems and 20 new illustrations
  • Full-color, never-before-seen photos and memorabilia
  • Illuminating introduction and handwritten diary entries by Rupi
  • Heartfelt annotations from Rupi and some of today’s most respected voices 

Since its debut, milk and honey has sold more than 6 million copies globally, becoming the highest-selling book of poetry in the 21st century and propelling Rupi Kaur into the stratosphere as the voice of a generation. milk and honey has taken millions of readers on a shared journey through life’s most emotional moments, reminding us along the way that there is sweetness everywhere, if only we are willing to look.
 
An exceptional volume, the milk and honey 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition is a must-have keepsake that will be treasured by longtime fans as well as readers new to the work that transformed poetry in our time.
Sanctum - Gedigte (Afrikaans, Paperback): Joan Hambridge Sanctum - Gedigte (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Joan Hambridge
R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous - Poems (Hardcover): Megan Fox Pretty Boys Are Poisonous - Poems (Hardcover)
Megan Fox
R484 R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Megan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over the course of more than 80 poems, Fox chronicles all the ways in which we fit ourselves into the shape of the ones we love, even if it means losing ourselves in the process.

"These poems were written in an attempt to excise the illness that had taken root in me because of my silence. I've spent my entire life keeping the secrets of men, my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins. My freedom lives in these pages, and I hope that my words can inspire others to take back their happiness and their identity by using their voice to illuminate what's been buried, but not forgotten, in the darkness," says Fox.

Pretty Boys Are Poisonous marks the powerful debut from one of the most well-known women of our time. Turn the page, bite the apple, and sink your teeth into the most deliciously compelling and addictive book you'll read all year.

The New Century of South African Poetry (Paperback, 3rd Edition): Michael Chapman The New Century of South African Poetry (Paperback, 3rd Edition)
Michael Chapman
R265 R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Save R28 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A revised and updated edition of this much-loved poetry anthology which was first published in 2002. This new edition of The New Century of South African Poetry now includes 125 new poems, with the addition of a fifth section covering works produced by poets who have made their mark since the early 2000s. New Century includes pieces in divergent styles by a wide range of authors - from traditional songs by Khoisan poets to poems by established figures such as Roy Campbell, N.P. van Wyk Louw, Mazisi Kunene, Douglas Livingstone, Mongane Wally Serote and Antjie Krog. Popular poetic forms like maskanda, kiba, praises and rap share the pages with current poets such as Gabeba Baderoon, Rustum Kozain, Danie Marais, Nick Mulgrew and Koleka Putuma…

Wild Hope - Healing Words To Find Light On Dark Days (Hardcover): Donna Ashworth Wild Hope - Healing Words To Find Light On Dark Days (Hardcover)
Donna Ashworth
R299 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Uplifting inspiration from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Wish I Knew.

Wild Hope is Donna Ashworth's powerful new collection of wisdom to help us find hope, peace, self-acceptance and inspiration on the days we feel worn down, helpless or sad. Written with love and understanding, Donna reminds us that amidst our daily struggles and constant outpourings of bad news we have so much to hope for, and that every one of us can play a part, big or small, in making the world a better place.

With poems such as 'That Thing You Do', 'Through the Wringer' and 'Rope Ladder', Donna helps us to remember that most people in this world are good, and that acts of kindness and love within our individual spheres of influence, however small, all contribute to a better future. She also gently guides us, no matter how busy or overburdened we may be, to practice better self-care and self-acceptance.

Hope exists when nothing else can. On the darkest of days Wild Hope will help you find more light.

Die Lewe Is 'n Asem Lank - Gedigte Oor Verlies En Vertroosting (Hardcover): Frieda van den Heever Die Lewe Is 'n Asem Lank - Gedigte Oor Verlies En Vertroosting (Hardcover)
Frieda van den Heever
R370 R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

’n Versameling van 100 gedigte oor verlies en vertroosting deur van Afrikaans se bekendste digters.

Dis oor verse die dood, rou, afskeid, verganklikheid en menswees.

Die lewe is ‘n asem lank is die ideale geskenk aan iemand wat ’n geliefde vir altyd moes groet ̶ veral wanneer ’n mens nie die woorde kan vind om te troos nie.

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