AUTUMN
© Farouk
Asvat
Winter
comes dancing
Swirling
brownpaper leaves
On
the rainy tarmac
Reflecting
traffic lights
With
a hint of mist and cold
In
the warmth of the evening sun
Where
sycamores stand naked
And
workers huddle past
Engrossed
in their overcoats
© farouk asvat
composed: 1986 [Mayfair, Johannesburg,
South Africa under apartheid]
[] Acknowledgements:
Autumn was previously published in:
A Celebration Of Flames (donker,
p26, 1987);
Herfst: Dutch translation
by Irene Scheltes (1989);
Screens And Tasted Parallels 2 (Palo Alto, USA, p11, 1990);
Sesame 14 (Renoster Books, p3, Autumn 1991);
A Celebration Of Flames (piquant publications, p31, 2007);
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(15.05.2012);
A Celebration Of Flames (kindle, 2014);
A Celebration Of Flames (amazon paperback, p31, 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)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are Coming (short
stories)*
● In The
House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words
(comparative literature &
literary criticism)
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HERFST
© Farouk Asvat
Dutch translation by © Irene Scheltes
De winter komt
aandansen
Laat bruinpapieren bladeren dwarrelen
Op het natte asfalt
Dat verkeerslichten
weerkaatst
Met een zweem van
mist en kou
In de warme avond zon
Waar esdoorns in hun
naaktheid staan
En werkers
opeengepakt passeren
Weggedoken in hun jas
Dutch translation by kind permission
of © Irene Scheltes
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