Roy Campbell

Roy Campbell

Durban, Colony of Natal (now in South Africa)
Saturday, September 3, 2016

The Zulu Girl Comments

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When in the sun the hot red acres smoulder
Down where the sweating gang its labour plies
A girl flings down her hoe, and from her shoulder
Unslings her child tormented by flies.
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Roy Campbell
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Maggan 17 November 2018

This is one of the best of the ten poems. Unlike some of the others it is not weighted down by too much ponderous imagery. It has a clarity and powerful simplicity that many of his poems lack.

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Roy Campbell

Roy Campbell

Durban, Colony of Natal (now in South Africa)
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