poetry Archives | Alex+A https://alexplusa.com/tag/poetry/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:25:08 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://alexplusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-From-Magic-and-Dust-Logo-Site-Id-2-32x32.png poetry Archives | Alex+A https://alexplusa.com/tag/poetry/ 32 32 182262525 The Moon Doesn’t Call, I Howl https://alexplusa.com/the-moon-doesnt-call-i-howl/ https://alexplusa.com/the-moon-doesnt-call-i-howl/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:21:13 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=907 The Moon Doesn’t Call, I Howl They say the pen is mightier than the swordbut I’m sure that a quick jab to my rib cage would do ten thousand more than ten thousand pens To speak is to healThat’s what...

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]]> https://alexplusa.com/the-moon-doesnt-call-i-howl/feed/ 0 907 ‘n Handvol Niks https://alexplusa.com/n-handvol-niks/ https://alexplusa.com/n-handvol-niks/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:46:43 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=887 ‘n Handvol Niks Binne my, altydloop ek met ‘n handvol niks‘n vakuum waar my drome once upon a time geslaap het‘n vuis vol van hoe ek die wêreld sou verander Binne my, altydIs die handvol niks swaarDis snaaks hoe minder...

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]]> https://alexplusa.com/n-handvol-niks/feed/ 0 887 Every Day https://alexplusa.com/every-day/ https://alexplusa.com/every-day/#respond Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:26:55 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=838 I want to write you a letter
About how the morning rises with a kiss on my forehead
And the light breathes its first breath through our velvet curtains

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]]> https://alexplusa.com/every-day/feed/ 0 838 Foxes and Poetry https://alexplusa.com/foxes-and-poetry/ https://alexplusa.com/foxes-and-poetry/#respond Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:10:36 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=463 The Fox & the Poem A few weeks ago I had to work through some poetry with my grade 11s. One of the poems we ended up discussing was Ted Hughes’ The Thought-Fox. Surprisingly (or not really), I’ve never actually...

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