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Togara Muzanenhamo

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III. The Hamilton Piece

III. Het schilderij van Hamilton

Vanaf
Jordan’s Row
staat dit trage zilverlicht
stevig op zijn plaats
een doorwrochte
glans
die van smalle schouders glijdt
met onbevangen gratie;
ruiter
die sterk
en zeker staat,
jasje en
rijzweep
in de hand,
kniehoge
laarzen,
lange
benen
plan-
ten
een
zilver-
stap
vast op
de grond van een Amerikaanse renbaan

1. Tony Hamilton: een beroemde zwarte jockey. 2. Jordan’s Row: zo werd in de negentiende eeuw een rij gebouwen aan Upper Street in Lexington genoemd.

III. The Hamilton Piece

From
Jordan’s Row
this slow silver light
stands solid in its place,
a laboured
gleam
sloping off narrow shoulders
with an unassumed grace;
rider
standing sure
and strong,
jacket and
crop
in hand,
knee-high
boots,
long
legs
plant-
ing
a
silver
stride
set firm

on the base of the American equine turf.

From: Textures
Publisher: amaBooks, Bulawayo

Togara Muzanenhamo

Togara Muzanenhamo

Togara Muzanenhamo was born in the Zambian city of Lusaka and spent his childhood on a farm in Zimbabwe. He studied business administration in Paris and The Hague. He returned to Zimbabwe after graduation and worked first as a journalist before joining an organization that produces African film scripts. In 2001, he moved to Manchester to specialize in creative writing at the university. His poe...

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ALDERFLIES

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Close

III. The Hamilton Piece

From
Jordan’s Row
this slow silver light
stands solid in its place,
a laboured
gleam
sloping off narrow shoulders
with an unassumed grace;
rider
standing sure
and strong,
jacket and
crop
in hand,
knee-high
boots,
long
legs
plant-
ing
a
silver
stride
set firm

on the base of the American equine turf.

From: Textures

III. The Hamilton Piece

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