Alvin KathembeGoldilocksStumbling through this strange and foreign hovel we call a world looking for a place to call your own, looking for home:Jul 15, 2023Jul 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…Jul 3, 2022Jul 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.Aug 31, 2021Aug 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’…May 19, 2021May 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…Mar 14, 2021Mar 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…Nov 14, 2020Nov 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 —…Oct 20, 2020Oct 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…Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
