Category: Literature

• Mar 18, 2023

  In Our Youth

  

  Sometimes, I miss the vivid joy of childhood in summer. In one of those fits of nostalgia, I wrote this poem – it was also mid-winter and I was feeling particularly heat-starved! In Our Youth High noon. High Summer. Cicadas croon in pillows of feverish heat As the day burns in bright dust And heady,…
• Nov 11, 2018

  The South African in England, writing on Greek mythology, of course

  

  So…… I haven’t posted in a while, ahem, oops! This is mainly due to the finishing of a degree, a trip home for a fantastic family wedding, and now hunting for a job. I haven’t had much time to sit down and write anything chunky, like an article, review or recipe, but I am one…