Saturday, January 14, 2017

A Story Written On Candle Wax Comments

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Have you read this story written
On candle wax and felt how slippery
It is? You read it and the last idea
Petters out with the ink blotting into
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Sarah Mkhonza
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Mj Lemon 14 January 2017

Sarah, This poem is brilliant and beautiful. That third stanza is especially magnificent. I am struck by the imagery that reminds us that the act of writing is akin to an act of labour. All stories must be moulded, mined, chiselled, carved....And then I am reminded of the darkness, or Darkness, the void....and then came the word, and the light... I can see that miner and hat you mention. Well done!

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