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Tortoise Voices
In Tortoise Voices Dorian Haarhoff wanders across many landscapes – real, mythologised and imagined. The voice in the poems is intimate, personal, rhythmical and informed by images that open to the mystery that surrounds us.
According to Jack Lambert: "Haarhoff arrays his words in transparent and supple forms to bring the reader directly into contact with the poetic subject."
According to Jack Lambert: "Haarhoff arrays his words in transparent and supple forms to bring the reader directly into contact with the poetic subject."
92 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2001
About the author
Dorian Haarhoff
24 books3 followersHe is a former teacher trainer and Professor of English at the University of Namibia, and has also taught in a Canadian Creative Writing Faculty and in the Film Studies unit at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He has also served as an external examiner at UCT for the MA programme in Creative Writing.
Since 1998 he has run his own business, Creative Workshops. Dorian Haarhoff has on several occasions been invited as poet and as a guest story-teller to Mauritius and to the Conference of Word Affairs in Boulder, Colorado. He has participated in Poetry Africa and an International Poetry Festival in Colombia South America.
His talks/workshops are meant for individuals, organizations and corporations who wish to explore their creativity, improve their skills and understand their relationships. He uses story-telling, writing, images and symbolic work as a means of discovering hidden potential and assessing new ways of being and seeing. He believes in the ability of people to revitalise their workplace, build their communities, participate in their healing and find their joy.
His approach is based on his book, The Writer's Voice: A Workbook for Writers in Africa (Zebra-Struik, 1998). His work is strongly influenced by mythology, whole brain theory, Jungian and Eco psychology, creation spirituality, the new physics and narrative therapy.
You can do one of his courses via the Internet. Go to http://skillstoshare.com/product/the-...
Since 1998 he has run his own business, Creative Workshops. Dorian Haarhoff has on several occasions been invited as poet and as a guest story-teller to Mauritius and to the Conference of Word Affairs in Boulder, Colorado. He has participated in Poetry Africa and an International Poetry Festival in Colombia South America.
His talks/workshops are meant for individuals, organizations and corporations who wish to explore their creativity, improve their skills and understand their relationships. He uses story-telling, writing, images and symbolic work as a means of discovering hidden potential and assessing new ways of being and seeing. He believes in the ability of people to revitalise their workplace, build their communities, participate in their healing and find their joy.
His approach is based on his book, The Writer's Voice: A Workbook for Writers in Africa (Zebra-Struik, 1998). His work is strongly influenced by mythology, whole brain theory, Jungian and Eco psychology, creation spirituality, the new physics and narrative therapy.
You can do one of his courses via the Internet. Go to http://skillstoshare.com/product/the-...
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April 2, 2025
If you need a love poem with an unusual (though true) ring to it, it comes from Haarhoff's pen:
Love's String
the kite flies free
in the heavens.
in bucks, dives, bobs,
swallow swoops, eagle soars
rides sideways on still wings.
the kite's sure flight depends
on the tug of a string
_______________
At the time the string was in the hand of the artist who was still in awe of the lady this book was dedicated to. So delicate and true.
Looking back means looking here, you will discover more about Haarhoff and his images: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ilze-b...
Love's String
the kite flies free
in the heavens.
in bucks, dives, bobs,
swallow swoops, eagle soars
rides sideways on still wings.
the kite's sure flight depends
on the tug of a string
_______________
At the time the string was in the hand of the artist who was still in awe of the lady this book was dedicated to. So delicate and true.
Looking back means looking here, you will discover more about Haarhoff and his images: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ilze-b...
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