WE SURVIVE
© Farouk Asvat
We survive
In the
mouth of hyenas
We survive
In the
shadow of pines
We survive
Upon the
rippling lagoon at night
We survive
Living on
dreams
We survive
Fighting
with our lives
We survive
Dancing
into the barrel of a gun
© farouk asvat
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composed: 1983 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
We Survive was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs
(piquant publications, p96, 2006);
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback,
p94, 2014).
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archive : 08 april 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
(comparative literature &
literary criticism)
¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in
paperback & kindle
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[] please check out my blogs @:
weapons of words: https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com
piquante: https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com
quran lectures: https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com
streetwise: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com
biography: https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com
books by farouk asvat: https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com
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the NOVEL Sadness In The
House Of Love by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: in paperback @ $15 & kindle @ only $5
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