Comments for Groundwork

Comment on The Muezzin and I by alice3d.org

alice3d.org — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:44 +0000

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Comment on Elegy by TT

TT — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:03:56 +0000

She loved him and he loved her…that’s an apt description for your parents. Although I was just a kid when we visited Paarl, and maybe even slept over once or twice in your old bedroom ( you must have been away at Varsity), I remember the love, warmth and laughter in your home and with your parents. Only last week I saw your mom at the Paarl festival and although I have not seen her in probably more than 20 years she recognized me in a crowd of people. I was quite astounded! The same warm, lovely woman and as beautiful as ever even with the extra lines on her face. Seeing her made me a bit nostalgic…glad I get to follow your work ;)

Comment on Mongane Serote, City Johannesburg by suave da poet

suave da poet — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:55:29 +0000

this poem is so touching and leand leaves footsteps for the next generations to follow

Comment on What would Jesus do? by RK

RK — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:48:30 +0000

Yes.

Comment on What would Jesus do? by ProjectJennifer

ProjectJennifer — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:29:27 +0000

So … you’re saying I should read this?

Comment on Derek Walcott, A Far Cry from Africa by Geoffrey Philp

Geoffrey Philp — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:03:31 +0000

The old man’s poem still works. Give thanks, Rustum!

Comment on The Muezzin and I by nat

nat — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:54:46 +0000

and Gabeba misquoted you…

Comment on The Muezzin and I by RK

RK — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:50:46 +0000

It is a misquote (or misremembered) from something I read in a Granta – the Food edition – many years back.

Comment on The Muezzin and I by nat

nat — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:13:17 +0000

‘such pleasures I too have known’ sounds Kavafian to me (misquotations are always interesting)

Comment on Review: Paul Auster, Winter Journal by nat

nat — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:11:16 +0000

Hm. I have just read the letters between Coetzee and Auster (for some odd reason they’re out in Spanish, not yet in the original) and the impression of banality was the same. Coetzee is always more contained and tight (and chillingly cold sometimes, as we know him). Auster, despite the banality, appears much more generous.