Analysis - Breyten Breytenbach (1939-2024) was an artist, poet, thinker and outspoken political activist who changed the literary landscape in South Africa. He died on 24 November in Paris, where he ...
They stood for opposite ways of thinking about the art of poetry—how to write it, how to read it ... At a time when television and advertising were making words smooth and empty, she argued that poets ...
Moral of the story: Poetry sheds light on our lives, no matter the occasion, and it’d be a shame not to enjoy its wonders. The world of poetry is wide—you can dig in to a longer poetry book or read ...