Simphiwe Nolutshungu's poetry book NOLUTSHUNGU
AVENUE
Publisher - Aerial Publishing, Grahamstown, South Africa
Cover art by Amitabh Mitra
Book Launch at
NELM Eastern Star Hall
Anglo African Street, Grahamstown
5.30pm Monday 10 December 2012
Publisher - Aerial Publishing, Grahamstown, South Africa
Cover art by Amitabh Mitra
Book Launch at
NELM Eastern Star Hall
Anglo African Street, Grahamstown
5.30pm Monday 10 December 2012
On this
Avenue
The moon and sun are single
Each day harbours its night
The night makes love to the
day
And we are the offspring of
the day
And the children of the
night.
This Avenue strews poetry
and hymns
No funerals tread on our
paths
Divorces are scared of
breathing
But weddings fill our
stomachs
Young graduates adorn our
streets
Welcome to Nolutshungu Avenue
Simphiwe Nolutshungu is the
author of three novels in isiXhosa – Amathunzi ezolo, Induli yexhala,
and Iingceba zegazi (shortlisted for the 2012 Sanlam Prize). His poems have been published in local and
national journals. He has worked as a clerk and a freelance journalist, and has
worked as a schoolteacher in many parts of South Africa. His home is in Queenstown.
nice cover Amitabh in your signature style.all the best to your poet friend...Usha
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