Alvin KathembeGoldilocksStumbling through this strange and foreign hovel we call a world looking for a place to call your own, looking for home:1 min read·Jul 15, 2023----
Alvin Kathembecoffees for closuresitting at the window of your favourite café — well, that one, or one exactly like it — waiting, people-watching, eavesdropping on…2 min read·Jul 3, 2022----
Alvin KathembeA Mys-TiHKAL ExperienceHold me close, tell me the truth: tell me you love me. I hold you close. I tell you the truth: I love you.1 min read·Aug 31, 2021----
Alvin KathembeImmortalsWe are young for a little while. We are only just coming into ourselves and we are bursting with vim, with potential like Sisyphus’…1 min read·May 19, 2021----
Alvin KathembeIn a nameSure, Willy, sure, you have a point; however if we called it ‘thornflower’ instead it would still smell just as sweet but you’d…1 min read·Mar 14, 2021----
Alvin KathembeOld oneI’m an old one stuck in the thoughts of a young one’s head. While others welcome with relish the prospect of futures I feel instead a…1 min read·Nov 14, 2020----
Alvin KathembeNamePeople never seem to believe me when I tell them my name. This week our Teacher Joy was introducing the new English teacher — Mrs. Kuta —…7 min read·Oct 20, 2020----
Alvin Kathembeidentityyou do not ‘find yourself’ like something that is lost and is waiting to be discovered: you invent yourself like something that…1 min read·Sep 7, 2020----