“… what moves me most profoundly is the sublime sublimely articulated, a feeling that language has somehow taken me beyond the boundary of language” (Mark Haddon oor Derek Walcott se Sonnet XLIII). Die bostaande aanhaling uit die bloemlesing Poems that make grown men cry, saamgestel deur Anthony en Ben Holden, gee ‘n idee van die…
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Marlies Taljard: “dat hierdie siel deursigtig word”
There’s this need to make utterance be heard, even understood as I shape these words for you gone into that silence from where I still hear your words as once you heard mine. (“The words” – Gael Turnbull) Digters word dikwels gekonfronteer met die vraag: “Hoekom dig jy?” Dié vraag word nie net deur nuuskieriges…