Voices
of this land is
a new and expanded edition of what has become one of the standard collections
of South African poetry written in English. It includes poems ranging from the
colonial period right up to the present and encourages readers to revel in the
power, richness and diversity of South African poetry.
Poetry has to do something more
than reproduce power struggles and their justifications in arbitrarily shortened
lines, using obscure language, garnished with imagery. Rather, poetry should
use language to reproduce and deepen the senses and emotions as well as the
consciousness and ideas that are an inseparable part of experience.
–
ANTHONY CHENNELLS
POEMS
Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) – The Hottentot
Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) – The Cape of Storms
Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) – Franschehoek
Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) – The Coranna
D.C.F. Moodie (1838–1891) – Storm in Tugela Valley, Natal
Olive Schreiner (1855–1920) – The Morning Sun is Shining
W.C. Scully (1855–1943) – Voices of Africa
W.C. Scully (1855–1943) – The Moon
Herbert Price (1858–1931) – The Nerves of God
Herbert Price (1858–1931) – Spring
Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952) – The Black Christ
Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952) – To the Veld
Ian Colvin (1877–1938) – To His Readers
Syned (Denys Lefebvre) (1879–1946) – Dream-Children
Mary Morison Webster (1894–1980) – As Mariners by Dark and Treacherous
Gales
Mary Morison Webster (1894–1980) – I Set Aside
Walter M.B. Nhlapo (c. 1900–1967) – First romantic night
Walter M.B. Nhlapo (c. 1900–1967) – Late Queen Lomawa
Roy Campbell (1901–1957) – The Serf
Roy Campbell (1901–1957) – The Sisters
Roy Campbell (1901–1957) – The Zebras
Roy Campbell (1901–1957) – The Zulu Girl
H.I.E. Dhlomo (1903–1956) – Because I’m Black
Alan Paton (1903–1988) – Could You Not Write Otherwise?
William Plomer (1903–1973) – A game of chess
William Plomer (1903–1973) – The Scorpion
William Plomer (1903–1973) – Johannesburg
R.N. Currey (1907–2001) – Remembering Snow
Adèle Naudé (1910–1981) – Africa
Jack Cope (1913–1991) – The Flying Fish
Anthony Delius (1916–1989) – The Gamblers
Elias Pater (1916–1999) – Lemon Tree
Guy Butler (1918–2001) – Stranger to Europe
Guy Butler (1918–2001) – Coal
Guy Butler (1918–2001) – Aloe and Mimosa
Charles Eglington (1918–1970) – Old Prospector
Ruth Miller (1919–1969) – Library Gardens (Johannesburg)
Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002) – The Beggar
Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002) – Readying for Ramadaan
Anne Welsh (1922–2000) – That Way
Dennis Brutus (1924–2009) – I walk in the English quicksilver dusk
Dennis Brutus (1924–2009) – Cold
Sydney Clouts (1926–1982) – Dawn Hippo
Sydney Clouts (1926–1982) – Karroo Stop
Sydney Clouts (1926–1982) – Poetry is Death Cast Out
Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004) – Having one’s car and hating it
Tess Koller (b. 1928) – Let Me Not Factory
Don Maclennan (1929–2009) –The Poetry Lesson
Don Maclennan (1929–2009) – Poems
James Matthews (b. 1929) – they say
James Matthews (b. 1929) – living in our land is a political
action
Sinclair Beiles (1930–2000) – Karoo Bathtime
Sheila Fugard (b. 1932) – Lena
Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996) – Africa
Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996) – Sunstrike
Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996) – Pteranodon
Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996) – Gentling a Wildcat
Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007) – To Whom It May Concern
Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007) – History-books, Amen!
Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007) – Dear lovely
Patrick Cullinan (1933–2011) – The Walls of Naletale
Peter Horn (b. 1934) – Poems at Bargain Prices
Peter Horn (b. 1934) – Holiday at the Beach
Peter Horn (b. 1934) – My Own Jail
Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) (b.
1934) – blues for
district six
Don Mattera (b. 1935) – Mine workers’ song
Don Mattera (b. 1935) – Dry Your Eyes
Keorapetse Kgositsile (b. 1938) – My People No Longer Sing
Geoffrey Haresnape (b. 1939) – Mulberry in Autumn
Wopko Jensma (b. 1939) – Drocnoc’s methane station
Wopko Jensma (b. 1939) – Cop
Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali (b. 1940) – An Abandoned Bundle
Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali (b. 1940) – Boy on a Swing
Stephen Gray (b. 1941) – Apollo Café
Arthur Nortjé (1942–1970) – In Exile
Arthur Nortjé (1942–1970) – Dead Roots
Mongane Wally Serote (b. 1944) – City Johannesburg
Mongane Wally Serote (b. 1944) – For Don M. – Banned
Mongane Wally Serote (b. 1944) – Alexandra
Tembeka Mbombo (dates unknown) – Untitled
Jumaimah Motaung (dates unknown) – The Great Day – August 9th
Jennifer Davids (b. 1945) – Poem for my Mother
Mafika Gwala (b. 1946) – In Defence of Poetry
Mark Swift (1946–2013) – Windvogel Mountain
Robert Berold (b. 1948) – cargo
Chris Mann (b. 1948) – Cookhouse Station
Chris Mann (b. 1948)6 – Rini Bougainvilleas
Motshile wa Nthodi (b. 1948) – South African Dialogue
Jeremy Cronin (b. 1949) – To learn how to speak
Jeremy Cronin (b. 1949) – Motho Ke Motho Ka Batho Babang (A
Person is a Person Because of
Other People)
Mzi Mahola (b. 1949) – I’m a Man
Norman Morrissey (b. 1949)
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