My Stories
This man tried to guess my ethnicity
First published on January 11, 2013 - 18:44 | 231 reads
A half hour telephone conversation
First published on October 26, 2012 - 20:12 | 48 reads
On the day of the earthquake
First published on June 13, 2012 - 12:05 | 231 reads
This is where we belong
First published on June 1, 2012 - 16:23 | 216 reads
Reasons not to fall in love with a Communist
First published on December 31, 2011 - 06:10 | 127 reads
We are filled with pain and crushed bones
First published on October 28, 2011 - 19:05 | 185 reads
for Tahrir, for Egypt
First published on February 15, 2011 - 18:41 | 792 reads
nothing new
First published on January 3, 2011 - 18:50 | 201 reads
You are everything and nothing like my grandmothers
First published on September 23, 2010 - 10:37 | 743 reads
Work in progress
First published on November 13, 2009 - 21:42 | 327 reads
Number 111
First published on November 7, 2009 - 21:32 | 335 reads
this is not a horror story
First published on May 31, 2009 - 16:25 | 299 reads
There is this sound
First published on May 4, 2009 - 06:42 | 383 reads
For the pigeons
First published on November 15, 2008 - 14:51 | 395 reads
I know a monk
First published on October 26, 2008 - 18:17 | 382 reads
The things that make her stay
First published on October 11, 2008 - 09:17 | 413 reads
The Lima News, July 11 1950
First published on March 23, 2008 - 14:15 | 1171 reads
All India will ever be, fits in the palm of your hand
First published on October 26, 2007 - 19:20 | 447 reads
on Mr. Hughes' death
First published on May 17, 2007 - 11:21 | 909 reads
You don't think of these things in Jerusalem
First published on January 24, 2007 - 22:42 | 523 reads
Anna's Poem
First published on May 11, 2006 - 17:51 | 2553 reads
Dear Kaleb
First published on April 25, 2006 - 12:48 | 652 reads
unforseen circumstance of lamentable smiles
First published on March 16, 2006 - 12:36 | 680 reads
give me a reason to be a woman
First published on November 16, 2005 - 22:42 | 939 reads
on pins and needles
First published on October 31, 2005 - 14:52 | 3535 reads
He walked away from the typewriter because...
First published on October 24, 2005 - 11:48 | 875 reads
and we opted for the easy way out
First published on December 1, 2004 - 12:59 | 716 reads
G- at 2 am
First published on November 21, 2004 - 12:29 | 789 reads
one morning in november
First published on November 21, 2004 - 12:23 | 748 reads
as winter comes
First published on November 10, 2004 - 08:59 | 710 reads
What she saw...
First published on October 11, 2004 - 11:33 | 721 reads
Amandla
First published on September 29, 2004 - 05:46 | 846 reads
J
First published on September 29, 2004 - 03:20 | 824 reads
Falling in Love Fifties Style
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:33 | 707 reads
the cigarette burns between us
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:25 | 824 reads
Californian Despair
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:25 | 813 reads
Roots, or lacking them
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:21 | 816 reads
photographs of the living
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:13 | 841 reads
Y - leavng the kalahari behind
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:09 | 682 reads
clinging to the sky
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:05 | 703 reads
the day you walked in
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:03 | 693 reads
postcards to the edge
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:00 | 797 reads
Learning, forgetting, unlearning, aching...
First published on September 29, 2004 - 02:00 | 745 reads
by the window
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:58 | 703 reads
X - Gravedigger
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:58 | 694 reads
Cursed in Colour
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:41 | 853 reads
X - Lesotho, in the airport
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:36 | 707 reads
W - Lesotho, dares and alligators
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:36 | 689 reads
V - Lesotho to Cape Town
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:36 | 678 reads
U - Lesotho, on the horses
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:35 | 745 reads
T - Lesotho, and apologies
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:35 | 685 reads
Lesotho, in the evening dew
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:34 | 1053 reads
S - Lesotho, in the evening dew
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:34 | 692 reads
P - Lesotho, in Semonkong
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:34 | 745 reads
R - Lesotho, and the inevitability of forgetting
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:33 | 717 reads
Q - Lesotho and Junior, Understanding
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:33 | 716 reads
O - Lesotho, and what Douglas doesn't know
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:32 | 703 reads
N - Lesotho to Victoria Falls
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:31 | 694 reads
M - Lesotho and what we will not admit
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:30 | 695 reads
Lesotho, under the blankets
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:30 | 740 reads
K - Lesotho, in her belly
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:30 | 750 reads
Lesotho to Johannesburg
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:27 | 797 reads
I - Lesotho, and the home of god
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:27 | 736 reads
G - Lesotho, and what we did not want to know
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:26 | 687 reads
H - Lesotho - Coelho and I
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:26 | 707 reads
Lesotho, as the petals fall
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:26 | 856 reads
Lesotho, in the hills and stars
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:26 | 793 reads
Lesotho, and what we do not believe
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:24 | 759 reads
Lesotho, Remembering
First published on September 29, 2004 - 01:22 | 837 reads
Platform, Imagining
First published on September 28, 2004 - 22:31 | 855 reads
The things that are missing
First published on September 28, 2004 - 22:24 | 681 reads
Lesotho, and what we want to forget
First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:34 | 794 reads
Lesotho, back today
First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:34 | 823 reads
trading scars
First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:17 | 1142 reads
I am easy to break
First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:05 | 873 reads
Misinterpreting Oliver
First published on September 15, 2004 - 10:04 | 788 reads
my father's cousin
First published on September 15, 2004 - 09:25 | 926 reads
Spooning
First published on September 15, 2004 - 09:21 | 963 reads
Caramel II
First published on September 15, 2004 - 09:06 | 914 reads
You, captured twice or Four reasons why I don't know
First published on September 15, 2004 - 08:55 | 851 reads
A Man, Coming of Age
First published on September 15, 2004 - 08:33 | 829 reads
Poem
First published on September 15, 2004 - 07:06 | 854 reads
He read Paul Weller lyrics...
First published on September 15, 2004 - 06:31 | 851 reads
together, flawed
First published on September 15, 2004 - 06:20 | 867 reads
Maya; Growing up
First published on September 15, 2004 - 06:14 | 712 reads
Phone call, long distance
First published on September 15, 2004 - 04:27 | 819 reads
Finding Nicolas
First published on September 15, 2004 - 03:22 | 827 reads
Beginning
First published on September 15, 2004 - 02:49 | 802 reads
Doris
First published on September 15, 2004 - 02:41 | 887 reads
Remembering
First published on September 15, 2004 - 02:33 | 872 reads
Inside
First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:50 | 718 reads
sugar, melting
First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:22 | 851 reads
P - eye to eye
First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:22 | 826 reads
Adrian
First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:15 | 780 reads
N - spaces in between
First published on September 15, 2004 - 01:00 | 807 reads
blankets hiding broken bones
First published on September 15, 2004 - 00:45 | 789 reads
Snapshot II
First published on September 15, 2004 - 00:41 | 880 reads
Carved Oak
First published on September 13, 2004 - 19:00 | 818 reads
Nicolas Revisited
First published on September 13, 2004 - 18:52 | 880 reads
Letter
First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:44 | 941 reads
Snapshot
First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:43 | 827 reads
It's just skin
First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:40 | 851 reads
Taxi Ride
First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:33 | 775 reads
Comfortable
First published on September 13, 2004 - 15:09 | 849 reads
Whispers in a shrine
First published on September 13, 2004 - 14:39 | 816 reads
The Chapter of Scents
First published on September 13, 2004 - 14:25 | 812 reads
Suzy
First published on September 13, 2004 - 11:23 | 713 reads
Black Inkstain on a White Dress
First published on September 13, 2004 - 11:06 | 844 reads
People Who Are Happy Don't Die
First published on September 13, 2004 - 06:53 | 862 reads
Emily
First published on September 13, 2004 - 05:34 | 790 reads
Walking Away
First published on September 13, 2004 - 05:16 | 644 reads
The Language of Love
First published on September 13, 2004 - 05:06 | 947 reads
Why I Don't Believe in Love
First published on September 13, 2004 - 05:04 | 813 reads
Taxi Driver
First published on September 12, 2004 - 12:05 | 781 reads
Andrew's Ideas
First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:44 | 855 reads
On having your photo taken
First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:44 | 909 reads
Dilemmas of a Poet
First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:43 | 829 reads
God's Breath
First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:43 | 846 reads
On Cutting Your Hair
First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:53 | 829 reads
Nostalgia
First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:53 | 1034 reads
Here by your Grave
First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:39 | 868 reads
Stopping Clocks
First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:38 | 890 reads
Trying to Find the Good in It
First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:20 | 962 reads
on Writing Poetry
First published on September 12, 2004 - 09:14 | 974 reads
Curtains of Dust
First published on September 12, 2004 - 08:49 | 932 reads
Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut
First published on September 12, 2004 - 07:39 | 1169 reads