Kester Brewin

Category: Poems

  • A Cartesian Thought

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    The polymath Rene Descartes, Described life at its thoughtful heart: ‘Je pense donc je suis’ – It’s thinking makes me Was a ‘sophical work of art. But the converse of what he had said Brings an interesting thought to my head: When they rage in their cars, Elbow people in bars Is it true that…

  • Easter Sunday, Lake Baringo

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    The rising and falling, fire and ice, droplets and friction, discharge in deep groans… Our darkness lit, just for a moment, earth rejoicing in rain after three bone-dry days. Buckety-buck one, buckety-buck two… Closer, and ever closer. __ [I spent Easter with family in Kenya, and Sunday produced the most magnificent thunderstorm. The hippos that…