Missing : poems / by Beverly Rycroft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rycroft, Beverly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South African poetry (English).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athlone, South Africa : Modjaji Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beverly Rycroft was born in the Eastern Cape. She is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand. She worked as a teacher for several years before turning full time to writing and journalism. Her articles have been published widely both locally and internationally. Her poems have been published in local literary magazines such as Carapace, New Coin and scrutiny2. She lives in Cape Town with her family. MISSING is her first collection of poems.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Homing; Love was a red datnis bakkie; Living in a shoe; House of cards; 1997; Filofax; Thursday: Mammogram; Friday: Diagnosis; Saturday: Spreading the news; Monday: Nil per mouth; Note to my surgeon; Superwoman; Household magician; Room thirteen; What i learned from you; Rock paper scissors; Water; David's visit; I'm not afraid; Pathology results; I'd like you to look at your x-rays; Walking to school again; Mending; Grace by name; What life is really like; Sticks and stones; Hair; Dying women should not wear lipstick; If this bed could talk

The youngest brotherI can't walk on water; Prayer; For Thomas in California; Kook en geniet; Alterations; It's difficult to explain; Tuesday is rubbish day; I'd like to say a word; August; Missing; You eat your veg; Crime scene; Flight SAA 346 to Johannesburg; Recurral; Christmas eve 1997; Payback poem: October 2008; Bequest; December poem; Some enchanted evening; Poetry class 2008: write a poemon the theme of breastfeeding; What i plan; Found; Found

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-06348-4

9786613063489

1-920397-75-2

1-920397-63-9

1-920397-49-3

OCLC:

830165433