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A generous portrait of an artist at the height of her powers of perception. In these poems, sketches and song lyrics, crafted over a lifetime, we come to share in the adventure of stepping out of what Grenfell Fairhead calls the "house of orthodoxy." What binds these pieces together is her exuberance, and the sense that we are always at the beginning. Again and again, one feels a sense of things just beyond the range of the senses, waiting for us to catch up with them. In each landscape she describes, one feels her sensibility in sympathy with it, finding a place in it. As she remembers and argues with herself, mourns and celebrates, we find ourselves accompanying her on this voyage of discovery with our own full attention.

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Littérature Africaine

Poetry

African

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Publié par	Hands-On Books
Date de parution	17 septembre 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781991240194
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Barbara Grenfell Fairhead

Selected poems, song lyrics and prose sketches

KIN

A generous portraît o an artîst at the heîght o her powers o perceptîon. ïn these poems, sketches and song lyrîcs, crated over a lîetîme, we come to share în the adventure o steppîng out o what Grenell Faîrhead calls the “house o orthodoxy.” What bînds these pîeces together îs her exuberance, and the sense that we are always at the begînnîng. Agaîn and agaîn, one eels a sense o thîngs just beyond the range o the senses, waîtîng or us to catch up wîth them. ïn each landscape she descrîbes, one eels her sensîbîlîty în sympathy wîth ît, Indîng a place în ît. As she remembers and argues wîth hersel, mourns and celebrates, we Ind ourselves accompanyîng her on thîs voyage o dîscovery wîth our own ull attentîon. However dîicult the terraîn, we are always made aware that “despaîr îs not the deepest place you may go.” Assessîng all she has learned (and, even more împortantly, unlearned), she notes: “One thîng / —wonder— / has endured the test— / and that saves the rest. JACQUES COETZEE

KIN Selected poems, song lyrics and prose sketches

Barbara Grenfell Fairhead

Publîcatîon © Hands-On Books 2022 Text © Barbara Grenell Faîrhead 2022Fîrst publîshed în 2022 by Hands-On Bookswww.modjajîbooks.co.za

ïSBN 978-1-928433-45-3

Edîtor: Arja Salaranca Cover artwork: photograph by Jo RactlîfeBook desîgn and layout: Lîz Gowans

Set în Myrîad Varîable Concept

For Jacques

Haiku

In our wedding-bowl two entwined lovers embrace the late evening sun

This song that rises out of you—like clear water from an ancient well

With each breath we take— yes!—we are always—always at the beginning

In acknowledgement of my father

Pascoe Ernest Grenfell

RAF squadron leader: 13th Squadron: World War II

You told me to write a book.

And to my six daughters

Jo Toni Tamzin Geordie Leigh Trilby

who showed me time and time again— the magic of innocence.

THE BLESSING

she made a small cruciîx out of clay crude unskilled artless but— from the old Mills cigarette tin —where she kept it hidden— he arose to embrace her and wounded her heart