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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Bushveld afternoon
- African bushveld twilight
- What does Africa smell of?
- A good question
- Thunderstorm
- Facts of life
- Cyclone Demoina
- Despite the odds
- Summer in Empangeni
- A haiku lie
- Landscape
- Hauteur
- Freedom
- Surprise
- Darting bird
- Carrion
- Small mercy
- Blood brothers
- Reaction
- On his way out
- Treachery
- Revival
- Progress
- Strength
- Resistance
- Faith
- No escape
- Quest
- Insomnia
- Recollections of childhood
- A Christmas carol
- Seascape
- Gift from the sea
- Pause
- After birth
- Observation
- First grandchild
- Labrador puppy
- Siamese cat
- Do you love me?
- African history
- Undone
- Paleontological literacy
- No good
- African miracle
- The survivor
- Long live the king
- Christmas ‘94
- Nelson Mandela
- In exile
- Anthem
- Loss of memory
- Called away
- Author's notes
- Audio Files
Surprise
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Bushveld afternoon
- African bushveld twilight
- What does Africa smell of?
- A good question
- Thunderstorm
- Facts of life
- Cyclone Demoina
- Despite the odds
- Summer in Empangeni
- A haiku lie
- Landscape
- Hauteur
- Freedom
- Surprise
- Darting bird
- Carrion
- Small mercy
- Blood brothers
- Reaction
- On his way out
- Treachery
- Revival
- Progress
- Strength
- Resistance
- Faith
- No escape
- Quest
- Insomnia
- Recollections of childhood
- A Christmas carol
- Seascape
- Gift from the sea
- Pause
- After birth
- Observation
- First grandchild
- Labrador puppy
- Siamese cat
- Do you love me?
- African history
- Undone
- Paleontological literacy
- No good
- African miracle
- The survivor
- Long live the king
- Christmas ‘94
- Nelson Mandela
- In exile
- Anthem
- Loss of memory
- Called away
- Author's notes
- Audio Files
Summary
Mother finch will brood, proud of her extra-large egg, till it sings ‘cuckoo!’
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- Haiku for Africa , pp. 17 - 18Publisher: University of South AfricaPrint publication year: 2014