Lava Lamp Poems

Lava Lamp Poems
Author: Colleen Higgs
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1920397256

Colleen Higgs launched Modjaji Books, the first publishing house for southern African women writers, in 2007. Her first collection of poetry, Halfborn Woman, was published in 2004. She lives in Cape Town with her partner and her daughter.

Like a Lava Lamp

Like a Lava Lamp
Author: Sydney Dick
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 035954746X

Like a Lava Lamp is a short poetry book by Sydney Dick a small poet located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is a collection of poems written throughout her high school years and they show an excellent growth in her writing and portrays the usual struggles of a high school student including heartbreak, depression and the struggle to find oneself

Lava Lamp Dreams

Lava Lamp Dreams
Author: Blake Sterling
Publisher: J. Sterling
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1945042214

From 20 year old Blake Sterling, comes his debut poetry novel that is sure to delight and inspire readers. Lost in your words Found in your eyes Lost in your voice Found in your mind Lost in the way your body moves Like a blade of grass blowing in the wind Found in the way your heart beats Like drums echoing through the streets

Pleasure in Relating

Pleasure in Relating
Author: Susan Groves
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2013-12-07
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1920590749

Pleasure-in-Relating is Susan Grovess first work, a culmination of many years reflection. It spans her life in South Africa and time spent in England while weaving together her deep appreciation of the Buddhist and Christian traditions. Her training and experience in Core Process Psychotherapy is evident in her sensitivity to herself and those whose stories she shares. Her love for the part of Africa where she lives serves as an undertone which is present throughout her collection.

A Lioness at My Heels

A Lioness at My Heels
Author: Robin Winckel-Mellish
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2011
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1920397434

The hemispheric pull between Europe and Africa and the restlessness that results from inhabiting both worlds is reflected in A Lioness at my Heels. Robin Winckel-Mellish reconciles the muted tones of her Europe with the riotous colour of Africa. The immediacy, vividness and dustiness of the harsh African sun is carefully offset by the softer quality of the Netherlands. All poems are mediated and considered in the light of a spiritual home. Robin Winckel-Mellish lives in the Netherlands and runs a poetry critique group in Amsterdam. Her work has been published in many international literary journals. Her first collection, A Lioness at my Heels, explores living in Europe and being South African.

Looking for Trouble and other Mostly Yeoville Stories

Looking for Trouble and other Mostly Yeoville Stories
Author: Colleen Higgs
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2012-03-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1920590277

Looking for Trouble is a collection of short stories set in Yeoville from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The stories capture with a dark humour the lives of young people trying to make a go of things, given the constraints of the country and the volatile period. Most of the stories have been published in literary magazines or in collections in South Africa, the UK and Uganda.

In the Spirit of Mcphineas Lata, and Other Stories

In the Spirit of Mcphineas Lata, and Other Stories
Author: Lauri Kubuitsile
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 192059034X

In many of these stories, there is a sense that things are not as they seem: a woman's husband-to-be has a questionable past and a voluptuous stranger's beauty belies her malevolence. Characters are shaped by the particular challenges of their context - a young pregnant Mosarwa girl is forced to make a terrible decision and the barren wife of a wealthy Gaborone man is made to see an old woman with supposed powers of fertility. Atmospheric and evocative, these stories will entertain and transport you to the hot, dusty heart of Botswana.

Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip

Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip
Author: Linda Oatman-High
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2012-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1619630761

"I was smitten, bitten by a love bug or something I didn't even care that I'd just been hit. I was in deep smit." Laura Crapper, a seventeen-year-old combat-boot-wearing poet with spiked red hair, renames herself Sister Slam and hits the road with her best friend, Twig. On the way into the slam poetry world of New York City, they hit a pig, get pulled over by the cops, fight with a poetry contest's judge, lose the contest, get into two more fender benders, fight with each other, and finally land on the front page of a newspaper in New York City for their amazing impromptu performance at the famous Tavern on the Green. The girls and their fresh style of poetry take the city by storm, but when Laura's father back in Pennsylvannia has a heart attack she must face her fears about home and the still-raw loss of her mother. An inspiring romp of a coming-of-age story, written entirely in Laura's in-your-face slam poetry style, that proves you don't have to give up your home in order to live your dream.

PoemS 83+

PoemS 83+
Author: Alexander R. Korponay
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2014-04-07
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1105994015

The second and "Teenager" book in the "PoemS" series. A spiritual and rhyming poetic journey focused on the supernatural and the occult. Enjoy!