SHE LOVED ME
© Farouk
Asvat
She loved me
And now I've lost her
I love her
And now she's gone
© farouk asvat
composed: 21.08.1991 [johannesburg, south
africa under #apartheid] [π]
[] acknowledgements:
She Loved Me
was previously
published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p25, 2006).
https://faroukasvat.wordpress.com/
(08.08.2016);
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon
paperback, p10, 2014).
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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)
● This Masquerade (short stories)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
● In The House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words (literary
criticism)
¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in
paperback & kindle
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§ THE TIME OF OUR LIVES by FAROUK ASVAT §
"The Time of Our Lives
reveals a writer who enjoys words:
- he has a sense of rhythm close to TS Eliot and an eye for the
modern image."
● Brian Rose, Rand Daily Mail
"It bears testimony to the resilience and courage of the
oppressed in South Africa ...
His poetry is devastatingly
forthright and hard-hitting."
● Tyrone August, The Star
"Asvat's imagery is stark - his poems taut encapsulations of
the injustices wreaked on Black people."
● Asha Rambally, The Graphic
"Asvat's poem (‘Possibilities for a Man Hunted by SBs’) is a
clear and simple statement of the true state of affairs - reducible to
mathematical terms."
● Mbulelo Mzamane, Perspectives On South African English Literature
"Asvat's poems - with many depths, clever twists and
juxtapositions, are exciting, true, and thought-provoking."
● Wendy Vogt & Alan James, Upstream
"an almost palpable tenderness for a country whom the poet
alludes to as if she were a lover."
● Neela Alvarez-Pereyre, Commonwealth Essays
& Studies
''Beautiful
words … poignant … heartbreaking …''
re:
''Cries and Whispers''
● Jill
Townsend, Council Of Grandmothers, Ojai, California, USA
● ''The
Time Of Our Lives'' is the historically important anthology whose poems played such a
pivotal role in the struggle against the height of oppression in South
Africa. It accurately portrays what it
was like to live and fight, love and die under the discrimination and tyranny
of apartheid.
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