Category Archives: Writing Poetry
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Casting Bricks to Attract Jade
16December 16, 2017 by petrujviljoen
Step! Two, three and again step two! Now – turn around and voice receding – centrifugal distant tracking rhythm raises …
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Stone Shaping – Soul Searching
28March 9, 2016 by petrujviljoen
Copyright Petru J Viljoen Laid out amongst the unwashed dishes the files, the pencils, sandpaper there’s no cloth on the …
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Wu Wei – Prompt for the Promptless
5March 16, 2013 by petrujviljoen
This is my contribution to Rarasaur’s Prompts for the Promptless: Wu Wei. Merely flower, in the coolness of night, dew – …
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praise poem
1November 8, 2012 by petrujviljoen
As part of my course in Creative Writing, I had to write a praise poem for a famous African. All …
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haiku
Leave a commentOctober 23, 2012 by petrujviljoen
Love-sick, the poet searches with language; yearning – shackled raven. Eish!
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Another haiku
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2012 by petrujviljoen
poetry as map/journey in the beginning there was the word, unmapped – scented wild Iris
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haiku
Leave a commentSeptember 20, 2012 by petrujviljoen
words – stones into ponds, making waves on the surface stones unconcerned below
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Poem drawing
Leave a commentJuly 24, 2012 by petrujviljoen
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It’s Difficult to Explain
Leave a commentJuly 13, 2012 by petrujviljoen
It’s hard to explain why I rage against the dictionary that defines a female as a screw or a socket, …
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