On the Beach — Dennis Brutus
Seablue sky and steelblue sea
surge in cubist turbulence,
dissolve, reform in fluid light
and cadences of sandsharp breeze;
spindrift from sand-dunes tresses down
to inlets where rock-fragments shoal,
seaspray and statice distil the mood
salt-sweet, foamwhite, seaweed-brown.
All in this jagged afternoon
where rock, light, sand and sea-air sing,
brown hair and air-live skin complete
this transitory plenitude.
(From Logos Online: http://logosonline.home.igc.org/brutus.htm)
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South African poet and political activist Dennis Brutus died in his sleep early on 26 December 2009 in Cape Town, aged 85.
Read about Dennis Brutus at Monthly Review Online:
http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/brutus261209.html
and Edge of Sports:
http://www.edgeofsports.com/2009-12-30-481/index.html
thought you & your readers might be interested in a new documentary, Fair Play, which tells the story of the anti-apartheid movement sports boycotts Brutus played such a key role in. Here’s a trailer:http://activevoice.net/haveyouheard_fairplay.html.
thank you, michelle – that’s a doco i really want to see, even though i can’t stand rugby. but my old man loves it. maybe that’s why i hate it? anyway, is there any surfing in it? south africa is a world surfing powerhouse as well as a rugby powerhouse, you know. maybe we can organise a screening in sydney in 2010. what do you think, clif?
I will try , Al and Michelle.