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L'Origine du Monde by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/10/orig...

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L'Origine du Monde by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Rethabile Masilo's 'L'Origine du Monde' — a wry, searching poem on Courbet's painting, the body, and the strange prosthetics of our age.
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October 30, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Another World by Rethabile Masilo

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October 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Raising things by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/09/rais...

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Raising things by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Masilo's 'Raising things' — a haunting poem of violence, loss, and the question of whether the dead can be raised in a world that raises hell.
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September 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Raising things by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/09/rais...

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Raising things by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Masilo's 'Raising things' — a haunting poem of violence, loss, and the question of whether the dead can be raised in a world that raises hell.
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September 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Killing by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2025/05/kill...

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Killing by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Masilo's 'Killing' — a poem linking the slaughter of a goat to police violence, exploring the brutality that repeats across generations in the USA.
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August 14, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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Summer by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/07/summ...

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Summer by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Rethabile Masilo's 'Summer' — a poem of light, memory, and the tropics, where love washes up on the shore.
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July 30, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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My Mother Says She Sees Him by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2025/04/blog...

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My Mother Says She Sees Him by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Masilo's 'My Mother Says She Sees Him' — a poem of grief, resilience, & the enduring presence of a father, seen through a mother's yellowed eyes.
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July 24, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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Janice’s Poem by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/07/jani...

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Janice’s Poem by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Rice reads Masilo's 'Janice’s poem' — a journey of dawn, dust, and light. The two are Maryville College blokes. Phil is the why of this poem.
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July 16, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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Behind A Stone Wall by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/06/behi...

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Happy father's day to you, dad. We miss you.
Behind A Stone Wall by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
'Behind a stone wall' is a dream vision of a father's legacy. A book like concrete, a voice that scrapes the bottom of a door.
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June 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Eve and Adam II by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2025/11/eve-...

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Eve and Adam II by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Rethabile Masilo's 'Eve and Adam II' reimagines the Garden of Eden with playful irreverence—snakes, doggy style, and the fruit that condemned humanity
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June 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Leaving Home by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/leav...

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Leaving Home by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Rethabile Masilo's 'Leaving home' captures a quiet moment between mother and son before departure. Forgiveness, rain, and a handbag's contents.
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June 4, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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On Friday Night With The Mood Up by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/on-f...

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On Friday Night With The Mood Up by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Masilo's 'On Friday Night With The Mood Up' captures a Friday night ritual of wine and Camels. Exile, belonging, and the blood we were promised.
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May 30, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Ars Poetica by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/ars-...

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Ars Poetica by Rethabile Masilo | Poems Rethabile Likes
Masilo's 'Ars Poetica' confronts apartheid violence, exile, and the making of a poet. Afrikaans slurs and a book written from the King James Bible.
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May 23, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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White canes bend at two places, like fingers
Rethabile Masilo’s “White canes bend at two places, like fingers” explores blindness, night, and inner vision in a vivid, tactile poem of movement, me
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March 23, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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Bui Thi Kim Thanh
Bui Thi Kim Thanh by Rethabile Masilo: a stark, rain-soaked poem of war, memory and removal. Read on Poems Rethabile Likes.
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February 25, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Upon Reading 'Facts About The Moon'
'Upon Reading Facts About The Moon' was a direct reaction to reading Dorianne Laux's poem 'Facts About The Moon'
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February 11, 2026 at 5:59 AM