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Killing by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes Killing by Rethabile Masilo Chauvin kills the way my grandfather did, by choking the last, stifled breath in a goat's throat with his knee, before cutting its neck with a knife, in the evening on a sultry day in May, before dinner, its bleats of I-can't-breathe! caught in the gullet of its throat. My grandfather's knee was deaf to pleas—there was food to put on the table.                                         ...

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas | Poems Rethabile Likes "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas Actor Anthony Hopkins reads Dylan Thomas 's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." Find Thomas's books 📖 Read along Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they gri...

Happy Birthday, Donald Justice! | Poems Rethabile Likes 🎂 Happy Birthday, Donald Justice! Poet · Teacher · Musician · born 12 August 1925 Today we celebrate the 101st birthday of Donald Justice — one of the finest American poets of the twentieth century. Here is his exquisite sonnet, “The Wall,” a meditation on Eden, innocence, and the fall. The poem moves with the quiet precision that characterizes Justice's best work — a world where angels are "as common / As birds or butterflies," where the lion sharpens his claw in a dream, and where the gate stands open as the giant wings unfurl. Justice was born on this day in 1925 in Miami, Florida. A pianist and painter who chose words, he excelled at both traditional and experimental forms, finding particular delight in the sestina. He taugh...

In Detention by Chris Van Wyk | Poems Rethabile Likes In Detention by Chris Van Wyk He fell from the ninth floor He hanged himself He slipped on a piece of soap while washing He hanged himself He slipped on a piece of soap while washing He fell from the ninth floor He hanged himself while washing He slipped from the ninth floor He hung from the ninth floor He slipped on the ninth floor while washing He fell from a piece of soap while slipping He hung from the ninth floor He washed from the ninth floor while slipping He hung from a piece of soap while slipping Po...