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earthstepper/ the ocean is very shallow

By Seitlhamo Motsapi

earthstepper/ the ocean is very shallow

By Seitlhamo Motsapi

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i have one eye full of dreams & hintentions the other is full of broken mirrors & cracked churchbellsi have one eye full of rivers & welcomes the other is full of flickers & fadesi havea memory full of paths & anointingsa mouth full of ripe infant sunsseven legs for the dancing river & the clement abyss& a hope that corrodes the convulsionswe bless the long rough road we bless the inscrutable darknesswhere our names are rent into spirit we bless the splinters & the air full of asphyxiations & amnesiawe bless our lacerations & our deformities This book is a redesigned second printing of Seitlhamo Motsapi's acclaimed earthstepper, first published in 1996. Reviewing earthstepper in New Coin, Laura Chrisman wrote:A very far cry from official New South African pietistic discourse of reconciliation, this collection brilliantly fuses pan-Africanist militancy, romantic spirituality, and scathing attack on neo-colonialism in its global and local forms. The political urgency is never compromised by empty rhetorical posturing or aesthetic banality: this is a rich, experimental poetry, raining down fresh imagery, complex conceits carefully patterned to produce a volume of striking originality and stylistic rigour.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
86
Release Date:
2004-03-01
Publication Date:
2025-10-14
Publisher:
Deep South
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0958454221
ISBN13:
9780958454223
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
102 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
5 cm
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