08 January 2013

FIETAS

FIETAS 
© Farouk Asvat 

     "Fietas ma miethas" 

I was vibrant
With the variety of my lives

Until you came along
Drilling holes into my skull
Smashing windows
Crunching ribs and sternum
Heaping the convolutions
To a desolate landscape.

Here, what's left
Quivers to the cry of the muezzin


© farouk asvat

composed: 1978 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]

[] Acknowledgements:

Fietas was previously published in:

     The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p71, 1982);
     The Indicator (Caxton, Johannesburg, p11, 11.06.1985);
     Muslim News (Cape Town, p15, 23.08.1985);
     The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p76, 2007).
     www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (08.01.2013);
     The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
     The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p76, 2014).

"Fietas ma miethas": means: "sweetness in Fietas" -
                                   that is how the people said it
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
In The House Of Love (novel)*
Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in paperback & kindle
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