{"product_id":"motsapi-seitlhamo-earthstepper-the-ocean-is-very-shallow-9780958454223","title":"earthstepper\/ the ocean is very shallow","description":"i have one eye full of dreams \u0026amp; hintentions the other is full of broken mirrors \u0026amp; cracked churchbellsi have one eye full of rivers \u0026amp; welcomes the other is full of flickers \u0026amp; fadesi havea memory full of paths \u0026amp; anointingsa mouth full of ripe infant sunsseven legs for the dancing river \u0026amp; the clement abyss\u0026amp; 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 \u0026amp; the air full of asphyxiations \u0026amp; amnesiawe bless our lacerations \u0026amp; 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.","brand":"Deep South","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53763316515158,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/motsapi-seitlhamo-earthstepper-the-ocean-is-very-shallow-9780958454223","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}