Nicholas has stopped by and shared with me some Russian proverbs – and I will quote one here for the first time of probably many – “Without the flour, there can be no science.” Brief conversation ensued.
Nicholas is wearing his stomach like a skirt these days; it hangs down around his knees (and gently ripples in the wind). I can’t help but wonder when it was that he last saw his penis. And I can’t help but think that the lack of light and air can’t be doing it any good. And I wonder if one day it might shrivel up and drop off, like – I’m going to say it – like, autumn leaves.
(And now I’m wondering if I’ve ever in fact seen a movie, or read a book, or dreamt about dying penises shrivelling up and dropping off, and also turning black like ink, and rotting. Because I’m pretty sure I have, and if anyone else is experiencing déjà vu at this point, let me know.)
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Gary Cummiskey's Don't Stop Until Incinerated is a short collection of poems that inhabit a desolate, disquieting place, a place in which the fabric of reality is threadbare. Cummiskey has mastered the art of minimalist unease, yet there are also moments of dark humour in these 26 starkly elegant poems, characterised by his iconoclastic surrealism.
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30 Poems by Pravasan Pillay collects a selection of poems written mostly between 2003-2006 and published in South African journals. The themes of the poems are old, new and broken love; sex; marriage; failure; vanity; and quitting smoking.
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Loop is Tearoom Books' writing zine. It will be published primarily as free e-chapbooks. Issue 2 comprises a selection of poetry. Click on the cover for more information.
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Glumlazi by Pravasan Pillay, was released in January 2009. Glumlazi, Pillay's debut, is a collection of short poems, concerning revenge, sex and the blues. The majority of poems run no-more than two lines. Available at R40 including postage. For order information, contact tearoombooks@gmail.com
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