Joan Metelerkamp

Joan Metelerkamp (born 1956), is a South African poet. She was born in Pretoria in 1956 and grew up in Kwazulu-Natal. She was the editor of the poetry journal New Coin from 2000 to 2003.

Quotes

• To have lost even the why or the what for -
  to dream and to wake with the weight
  of even the mechanical why even the mechanical wherefore -
  • [1] Joan Metelerkamp in the poem Sea.

• As coming upon
  a puff-adder coiled on the carpet
  under the desk
  • [2] Joan Metelerkamp in the poem Body of Work.