The Sun the Moon & Ripe Cucumbers

<p>From the winner of the 2022 National Poetry Prize Stuart Payne's second collection showcases the growth of a bright refined voice in South African poetry. His metrical often rhyming style blends traditional poetic forms with modern rhythms echoing patterns found in popular music.</p><p>Stuart Payne is a wordsmith of great skill. There is not a phrase nor a rhythm out of place. His subject range extends from the heavenly bodies to his eponymous cucumbers.</p><p>- Geoff Haresnape</p><p>This is a carefully crafted and generous collection sensitive to the intricacies of everyday life and mindful of its transitory often illusive generally wondrous nature.</p><p>- Patricia Schonstein</p><p></p>