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Stephen Peter Symons

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Born

in Cape Town, South Africa

Website

https://karavanpress.com/tag/stephen-symons/

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Poetry, Fiction, Historical Fiction

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STEPHEN SYMONS has published poetry and short fiction in journals, magazines, and anthologies, both locally and internationally. His debut collection, "Questions for the Sea" (uHlanga, 2016), received an honourable mention for the 2017 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry and was also shortlisted for the 2017 Ingrid Jonker Prize. His unpublished collection "Spioenkop" was a semi-finalist for the Hudson Prize for Poetry (2015, USA). His second collection, "Landscapes of Light and Loss", was published by Dryad Press in 2018, and his third collection, "For Everything that is Pointless and Perfect", was published in 2020 by Karavan Press and longlisted for a 2022 NIHSS Award. His poem "Sunrise with naartjies", also from the collection, won t ...more

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	In Other Stories by Kerry Hammerton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Peter Symons (Goodreads Author) 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost-Eater, and Other Stories by Diane Awerbuck (Compiler), Louis Greenberg (Editor), Ilze Hugo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Other Stories 2025 by Kerry Hammerton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel May Ferriman (Goodreads Author), Sarah Buchner it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Questions for the Sea 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS POINTLESS AND PERFECT 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Landscapes of Light and Loss it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE ALGEBRA OF INSIGNIFICANCE it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Souls - New and Collected Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	of salt, dust & love it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

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“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

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“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

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