This Much I Know

By Selwyn Milborrow

Looking at life through the verbal lenses of people (writers, artists, academics, educators, entertainers, politicians, journalists and celebrities). Podcaster, Selwyn Milborrow is the founder of Mast... more

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May 30, 2021 gedig vir pa (vir Eustace Milborrow)
gedig vir pa
(vir Eustace Milborrow)

pa is in livingstone hospitaal opgeneem
afgetakel, afgeknou en uitgeteer
net ‘n versteende skadu van sy glorie

ons is reisigers saamgepak in hysbakke
sommige draai links na die vrouesaal
en ons regs na pa in die manssaal

pa word begroet deur geliefdes met kosblikke
en bemoedig deur besoekers met bybels
maar pa wil niks hoor nie
hy wil net huis toe kom

maar daar's so baie vrae wat pla –
hoe ver het dit versprei
wanneer gaan die dokter kom
wanneer gaan die behandeling begin

en toe…
pynlik en presies skandeer die masjien
die diagnose is koud en naak soos been
en skadu’s strek van hoek tot kant
en doodspraatjies hang hamerswaar

pa is die volgende dag huis toe –
vreemd dat hy ons juis verlaat
toe ‘n sinkende son die aarde
genadiglik met ‘n doodskleur laat

op pad huis toe hoor ek pa se stem
en vra hoe ry ons dan nou sonder hom

ek draai om maar sien niemand en niks
en besef pa het sy stem agtergelaat
met sy laaste huis toe ry
na ‘n ander land

© Selwyn Milborrow, 2021

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May 30, 2021 gedicht voor veerle, els, en anne-sophie
gedicht voor veerle, els, en anne-sophie

onthoud je nog?
weet je nog hoe we samen
hand in hand uit de schoolpoort kwamen
onafscheidelijke vrienden voor altijd?
niet?

wacht, ik weet dat je luistert
ook al is de verbinding verbroken
weet ik dat de pen genadig zal zijn
om de keel haar stilte te breken

en ‘n gedicht voor de dag vannacht
in het zuiden van afrika wegzakt
op een blad papier om te geven
aan drie belgische dichtersvrienden…

© Selwyn Milborrow, 2021

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1min
May 26, 2021 Afrikaans poem "vir breyten"
vir breyten

as die digter sterf sal ek skryf
‘n taal se bondeltjie trots
is uit sy moederskoot kom haal

as die digter sterf sal ek skryf
‘n oerknal het die taal tong en al
uit die volk se mond kom haal

as die digter sterf sal ek skryf
van die laaste bossie poësie
wat uit sy hande val

as die digter sterf
kan g’n sweet meer bloei
uit die ysterkoei

© 2021 Selwyn Milborrow
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December 23, 2020 Poet Rozetta Whitting reminisces about Christmas time
Poet Rozetta Whitting reminisces about Christmas time
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December 12, 2020 Exiled poet Arthur Nortje remembered 50 years on by Selwyn Milborrow
I would like to make a case for the repatriation of the remains of Arthur Nortje, a poet from Port Elizabeth buried in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford, United Kingdom. He died of a suspected barbiturate overdose on 11 December 1970. Dennis Brutus, Nortje’s mentor, claimed that he had died from an overdose of forty-five barbiturate tablets while other sources vary in the details of his death. The coroner, however, declared an open verdict because he believed that his death could not have been accidental.
Cecilia Potgieter, a Coloured domestic worker, gave birth to Arthur Kenneth Nortje on 16 December 1942. The father was “a young Jewish man named Arthur Kaplan who was thought to be the son of Cecilia’s employer” (McLuckie & Tyner, 1999). Nortje spent most of his childhood years in Korsten and Gelvandale, two areas in Port Elizabeth he wrote about fondly in his poetry.
The discriminatory apartheid system under which Nortje lived, had a devastating impact on him. Sadly “Nortje found himself between two opposing forces of Black and White while Coloureds were reduced. Coloureds were disenfranchised by apartheid laws and distanced from all others”.
Nortje took a one-way exit permit in 1965 after receiving a scholarship to attend Jesus College at Oxford. It was during those years of isolation that his poetry started showing signs of deep psychological insight as he searched for meaning to his existence. Arthur Nortje was a complex character and tragic figure. He used his sharp powers of observation to write about life. In 2004, Dirk Klopper wrote that “Many studies of Arthur Nortje's poetry have commented on the prevalence in his work of images of alienation, seeing this as a function either of political conditions in South Africa in his lifetime or of Nortje's exile from his home country.”
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December 08, 2020 Love at first fight - a poem by Chantal Sam Moodaley
I met Chantal Moodaley in 2011, and we have been relating to each other as Christian authors and poets since then. I was honoured to publish her first book Old Testament Stories for Kids in 2017. Her unique ability to bring to life poetic insights gained from personal experiences and life lessons is refreshing and nothing short of life-changing. In her new book ‘Changing of Tides’ Chantal amplifies and celebrates the livid experiences of a woman with a timeline outlined with disappointments, rejections, crossroads, grit, breakthroughs, renewed hope, new beginnings, and victories. One of the most evocative and profound verses from Chantal’s book comes from her poem ‘Love at first fight’.
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November 27, 2020 Child of Africa - a poem
Introducing my new poem "Child of Africa" read by Angelique Angie Simons from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Astonishing poetry performance!
My poem was inspired by an image by German Artist, Andrea Braun.
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2min
November 22, 2020 The fear of writing and a free-writing exercise
Author, Selwyn Milborrow talks about the fear of writing and a free-writing exercise.
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3min
October 22, 2020 Poem 'A love so beautiful' by Selwyn Milborrow
I had the honour of collaborating with the talented watercolour artist, Andrea Braun from Germany on her painting of a loving elderly couple that instantly captivated me. I immediately felt a new poem 'A love so beautiful' forming at the exact moment I saw Andrea's watercolour painting. In fact, I not only saw the words of the poem forming in my heart, but I felt it in every fibre of my soul. The poem's heartfelt words were meant to come together at that moment. Now it is forever embedded into this painting. Thank you, Andrea, for the honour of collaborating with you.
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October 15, 2020 Selwyn Milborrow interviews Dr. Ruth Connelly about vision boards
In this episode, I talk to Dr. Ruth Connelly, a counselling psychologist from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She started doing vision boarding years ago and today presents workshops on vision boards. It became a passion after she saw how her dreams captured on a vision board become a reality.

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FAQs about This Much I Know:

How many episodes does This Much I Know have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.