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- Missing
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Modjaji Books
summary
Beverly Rycroft was born in the Eastern Cape. She is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand. She worked as a teacher for several years before turning full time to writing and journalism. Her articles have been published widely both locally and internationally. Her poems have been published in local literary magazines such as Carapace, New Coin and scrutiny2. She lives in Cape Town with her family. MISSING is her first collection of poems.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. iii
- Copyright Page
- pp. iv-vi
- Love was a red datnis bakkie
- pp. 12-13
- Living in a shoe
- p. 14
- House of cards
- p. 15
- Thursday: Mammogram
- p. 18
- Friday: Diagnosis
- p. 19
- Note to my surgeon
- p. 22
- Superwoman
- p. 23
- Household magician
- p. 24
- Room thirteen
- p. 25
- What i learned from you
- pp. 26-27
- Rock paper scissors
- p. 28
- David’s visit
- p. 30
- I’m not afraid
- p. 31
- Pathology results
- p. 32
- I’d like you to look at your x-rays
- pp. 33-34
- Walking to school again
- pp. 35-36
- Grace by name
- pp. 39-40
- What life is really like
- pp. 41-42
- Sticks and stones
- p. 43
- If this bed could talk
- pp. 46-47
- The youngest brother
- pp. 48-49
- I can’t walk on water
- pp. 50-51
- For Thomas in California
- pp. 53-54
- Kook en geniet
- p. 55
- Alterations
- pp. 56-57
- It’s difficult to explain
- pp. 58-59
- You eat your veg
- p. 64
- Crime scene
- p. 65
- Christmas eve 1997
- pp. 68-69
- December poem
- p. 72
- Some enchanted evening
- pp. 73-74
- What i plan
- p. 76
Additional Information
ISBN
9781920397753
Related ISBN(s)
9781920397067
MARC Record
OCLC
726828836
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No