THE
GATHERING OF THE STORM
© Farouk
Asvat
The Tilling Of The Earth
Our sons
Found
strength
In
their fists.
But there was no sanctuary
As
they hunted us
Like
Khoi and San
Took
buckshot bodies
Wrapped
in refuse bags
Sliced
into simba trucks
Frozen
in i and j abattoirs
Dripping
in blood
Till our ashen streets
Congealed
maroon blood
And
our mothers
Knew
no more tears.
The Call Of The Wind
The
night is quiet.
There
are no rape screams
And
the poets are asleep
Having
fed on each others' souls
The
wine caskets empty
The
words run dry
Outside, in the leaves
Is
the call of the wind
Stirring
From
the eerie depths of the earth.
The Gathering Of The Fire
Love
kept us at home,
Looking
for angry young men.
But
now,
Quiet,
tired, afraid,
We
fumble in the dark
For
the gathering of the fire
Before
the dawn comes
Cold,
the colour of blood
© farouk asvat
composed: 1976 [Johannesburg, South Africa
under apartheid]
[] Acknowledgements:
The
Gathering Of The Storm
was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives
(black thoughts publications, p92, 1982);
Exiles Within
(Writers' Forum, Cape Town, p5, 1985);
The Indicator (Caxton, p26, 27-31.05.1986);
A Celebration of Flames
(Heller Fund, UC Berkeley, California, p19, 1988);
The Time Of Our Lives
(piquant publications, p86, 2007);
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(25.09.2012);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback,
p86, 2014).
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● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
● The Wind Still Sings Sad
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● 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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