© Farouk Asvat
WHITEFLOWER
shaded pink
brown freckled
One
night
Among
these dark festering alleys
so foreign to you
Our
love wilted
When
morning came
So
frightfully fresh
so foreign to me
and somewhat piqued
you left
i stayed
with my radical rhetoric
somewhat humbled
Phantom
of the dark
By
daylight we have to dream
©
farouk asvat
[] composed: 1976 [Johannesburg, South Africa under
apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
Whiteflower
was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives
(black thoughts publications, p48, 1982);
Wietie 1 (Sable, Johannesburg, p8, 1980);
Botsotso 12 (Botsotso, Johannesburg, p59, 2002);
The Time Of Our Lives
(piquant publications, p69, 2007);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon book, p69,
2014).
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<> blog link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
<> every
form of refuge link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2012/04/upon-seeing-you-in-dark.html
<> blog archive: 17
april 2012
<> whiteflower
link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2014/09/whiteflower.html
<> blog archive: 09 september
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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weapons of words: https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com
piquante: https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com
streetwise: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com
quran lectures: https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com
biography: https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com
books by farouk asvat: https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com
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