slivers of souls peel from the gutters
Monday, 30 November 2020
Saturday, 28 November 2020
rampspoedig
rampspoed is wat met my besig is om te gebeur
die ramp van sielsverdorring
vonk-terugslukking
die ramp van sielsverdorring
vonk-terugslukking
self-beeld-mislukking
die ramp gebeur inderdaad spoedig -
oornag verdof die oë
trek die keel nou
word alle naels stomp-af gebyt
dit is spyt nyd woede hartseer jaloesie
afguns irritasie
wat soos suur
gate dwarsdeur my hart brand
my arme hart kan dit nie meer staan
uitgerafel hang sy in my borskas
as my ribbes maar my hart teen die aanvalle kon red
maar die aanvalle kom van binne
dis die inside jobs wat
die seerste en skokkendste is
this night
softly the
unexpressed desires
blotch the
lilywhite neck and
it is the
melancholia that lingers long
into the
night long
after the
light has been snuffed out
moisten your lips while the
outspoken shadows keep
ownership of the
deserted corridors
enthral the neck-hairs and walk out into the
night
hold your head in your hands when the
alabaster moon begins to
notate herself heavily in the
corners of forgotten
euphoria
remember this night.
Friday, 27 November 2020
ek kan nie wegkyk
proteas loer uit
hulle donker oë oor
hulle donker oë oor
die hange
die fluweelagtige ooghare
flikker
oor die velde
ek kan nie wegkyk
die uitlokking is
onweerstaanbaar
Thursday, 26 November 2020
my mond droom
my mond so 'n donker kom van ongediertes
en stukkende asems
ek gryp na woorde om my kieste
en stukkende asems
ek is desperaat -
ek gryp na woorde om my kieste
te parfumeer en rehabiliteer
my mond droom van glottale gimnastiek
verbale virtuositeit
verskietende sterre van sibilante
moet nooit 'n mond
wat so smag na kwinkelering
ooit bedreig met versmoring
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
paisley-tonge
die paisley-patrone teen my slaapkamergordyne
lyk vanaand nes tonge wat die warm nag nat wil lek
lyk vanaand nes tonge wat die warm nag nat wil lek
tonge wat teen my uitgedroogde verhemelte wil oplek
kom paisley-tonge, slobber oor my wange
vee 'n feestelike skyn oor my gesig
spat ongekarteerde vervulling deur my borskas
o paisley-tonge, moenie ophou om die kreatiewe lekkerte
binne my wakker te lek nie
verlewendig die visioene vir en van myself
Saturday, 21 November 2020
onmenslik
so ongedurig
so ongemanierd
so boosaardig
so boosaardig
so kleinlik is ek
wens ek was
eerder ongeletterd
as so onmenslik
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
een groot loos is ek
goddeloos
rigtingloos
liefdeloos
genadeloos
ideeloos
asemloos
hopeloos
woordloos
besluiteloos
bewusteloos
lusteloos
rusteloos
leweloos
rigtingloos
liefdeloos
genadeloos
ideeloos
asemloos
hopeloos
woordloos
besluiteloos
bewusteloos
lusteloos
rusteloos
leweloos
een groot loos is ek
Thursday, 12 November 2020
ritssluiter van my papier
As ek nie weet wat om te skryf nie
Kyk ek vir letterlike speletjies om die
Kyk ek vir letterlike speletjies om die
Ritssluiter van my papier te wees
Of
So hoop ek
Tas deur die alfabet totdat daar
Iets noemenswaardig sal
Eskaleer wat die
Sintuie van die leser
Ekstrapoleer
Gee die honger oë
Een van die
Noodsaaklikste
Oorlewingsmiddels -
Toor-digtatorika!
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
poetry, do not
poetry, do not glorify my heart -
strip it rather
so that when I open the page
a single syllable
will break open
the wry smell
of my heartbeat
Saturday, 7 November 2020
haiku
1
red velvet ripples
fingers feel the fabric bliss
lullabying skin
2
sneakers at the door
sniffing the day-breaking sun
laces and soles flare
3
a lone grain of salt
the table full of shadows
her eyes distant pools
4
half-eaten avo
teaspoon resting on the flesh
clock slicing the air
5
refrigerator
gnawing the stillness to shreds
i pull the plug out
6
bottle filled with stones
the hand tightening the lid
stone-ness quarantined
7
she stares silently
wine-drops on lower lip
cheekbone quivering
8
dirty serviette
tired hand falling palm up
fingers surrender
9
rosemary in hand
nose presses into the twig
eyes squint in the smell
10
imagination
the brain-waves captured in ink
blue river a-flow
11
sister and brother
laughing faces in the sun
light clouds sigh above
12
the hand and the poem
shadow falls between the two
pen rolls to the ground
red velvet ripples
fingers feel the fabric bliss
lullabying skin
2
sneakers at the door
sniffing the day-breaking sun
laces and soles flare
3
a lone grain of salt
the table full of shadows
her eyes distant pools
4
half-eaten avo
teaspoon resting on the flesh
clock slicing the air
5
refrigerator
gnawing the stillness to shreds
i pull the plug out
6
bottle filled with stones
the hand tightening the lid
stone-ness quarantined
7
she stares silently
wine-drops on lower lip
cheekbone quivering
8
dirty serviette
tired hand falling palm up
fingers surrender
9
rosemary in hand
nose presses into the twig
eyes squint in the smell
10
imagination
the brain-waves captured in ink
blue river a-flow
11
sister and brother
laughing faces in the sun
light clouds sigh above
12
the hand and the poem
shadow falls between the two
pen rolls to the ground
(published in Poetry next to the Railway, October 2019 under the pseudonym of Arnold Vorster)
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