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SPANNER IN THE WHAT? WORKS by Wopko Jensma

Posted by meredith kempthorne on Friday, March 16, 2012,
Wopko Jensma.Born 26th July, 1939. Disappeared without trace after August, 1993



Wolf Weinek - Walter Saunders - Wopko Jensma - opening at Gallery Y -
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taken from the website : http://www.art-archives-southafrica.ch/JENSMA.htm

SPANNER IN THE WHAT?WORKS
i was born 26 July 1939 in ventersdorp
i found myself in a situation
i was born 26 July 1939 in sophiatown
i found myself in a situation
i was born 26 July 1939 in district six
i found myself in a situation
i was born 26 July 1939 in welkom
i foun...
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She by Matthew Mokoena

Posted by meredith kempthorne on Saturday, October 15, 2011, In : Poetry 

This  week  I  stumbled  across  this  poem  by  a  local  poet :
She 

by

Matthew Mokoena


She was a strong,
black,
loveless woman.
She said,
"He doesn't love me no more.
He doesn't hold me down or beat me against the concrete floor, doesn't hit me with concrete thoughts as he slams the bedroom door.
He d...


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