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From under my parenthoody

From under my parenthoody

The unbounded glory, the promise, we attach to our children
when they laugh so spontaneously, so crystals in our ears, may
also be found in the very real province of their tears, and — seriously
mense — should be given the same treatment, value and
support, but not only when they cry, also when they weep so
artlessly.

Especially — when they weep so artlessly; that’s when you as
parent laugh and cry in chorus, mos, from under your
parenthoody.

Don’t we just love our young bokkies.

Loit Sōls
Hessequa, Winter of 22

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Loit Sôls is ’n veelsydige visuele kunstenaar, musikant en digter. Hy is die skrywer van die digbundels My straat en anne praat-poems(1998) en Die Faraway Klanke vanne Hadeda(2006) asook, onder andere, die album Serious Kak-praat (2004). Hy het musiekoptredes in verskeie lande buiten Suid-Afrika op sy kerfstok, byvoorbeeld, Nederland, Engeland, Indonesië en Botswana. Van sy gedigte is in ’n aantal bloemlesings opgeneem en ook in ander tale vertaal. Hy is genooi om in 1999 in Nederland aan die Winternachten-poësiefees deel te neem en in 2001 aan die Jakarta International Poetry Reading in Indonesië. In 2021 behaal hy ’n MA in Kreatiewe Skryfkuns aan Rhodes Universiteit.

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