Stephen Peter Symons > Quotes

“The song of a bullet
cares little for its instrument
and nothing for its composer.”
― Stephen Peter Symons, Small Souls - New and Collected Poems

“I carry secrets of different sizes and weights. Some are small, a speck perhaps, a blot, no larger in my mind than a pebble or a child’s marble, but they are impossible to lift despite their size.
- from 'My Cuban”
― Stephen Peter Symons, of salt, dust & love

“The weekend taste of cut grass
and hint of Sunday gravy
pours like gossip into the working week,
whispering names like –
Smith, Visagie or Du Plessis.
Somewhere a rugby commentary
has been playing for days,
but it could be an argument.”
― Stephen Peter Symons, Landscapes of Light and Loss