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Bart Wolffe has been writing poetry for many years and this handy pocket edition is a personal choice of his poems that he enjoys reading aloud. The spoken word, when weighed well, can evoke and resonate and turn language into a living art, the voice into an atmospheric experience through expression.

When a poet speaks, it is a gift from his heart. In fact, his soul leaks its essence, he dies a little in the act of giving himself.These poems are from within and laid naked on the page. They are personal glimpses, insights into the private life of an artist trying to go beyond the words themselves into an intimate expression of truth.

A new collection of poems from the pen of Bart Wolffe that colours language with the intimacy of a very evocative voice.

Bart Wolffe's "Dust of Eden" pocket edition is like a secret keepsake to be treasured. Perfect as a travelling companion for the dreamer who would enjoy having a sensual collection of fine poetry tucked away to peruse anywhere and everywhere. This little gem of a book is filled with a hundred and seventy fine pages of whispered feelings for nature and loss of inncocence, for love of all the beauty that once was and which we would want to remem...

A thriller about land, the struggle for ownership, the occupier and the inheritor, God's Own Country is set in Rhodesia and tells a story of faith and fear, superstition and intrigue. It is a love story but also a tale of conflict and magic, of the darkest kind.

This compilation of poems is a result of ten years work since leaving Africa. It shares the journey, from memory and loss into discovery and new voice. The writing is mostly chronological and is taken from the eight anthologies Bart has created since his departure from Zimbabwe in February of 2003.

Before the printed word was the oral tradition of the minstrel, the troubadour, the travelling player, the wandering prophet or griot, the magician. Words are made to be spoken out loud, especially when they are crafted for expression with sound and senses involved. This is the power of true spelling. This is the nature of poetry, to conjure and invoke feelings, memories, atmosphere, magic.

The idea that the 'insane' and the 'mad' may well have the true insights that the 'sane' do not has a long pedigree (especially when the 'sane' represent the ranks of officialdom). Bart Wolffe's novel features an everyman by the name of John Citizen incarcerated in a Harare lunatic asylum sometime in the 1990's. An alien worm by the name of Varg has invaded John's brain. Varg is the repository of secrets far ahead of our time. As he yields the...

Well recognised as the leading light in one-man shows in Zimbabwe, here is a collection of the majority of Bart Wolffe's published works for the stage including three two-handers, a thrilling mix of thirteen dramatic pieces with male and female parts that all have a common quality: an intimate exploration of the human condition in the most unique assembly of characters for performance you could possibly ever meet. They are all plays designed t...

The spirit of time and place connects us, influences our memories. Not only that but specific and historic events write themselves into our collective psyche. These poems are all directly connected with that. Evoking the atmosphere and impressions that the traveller in this world and beyond collects, the words written here tell of the exotic and familiar, of continents and cities, locations and the journeys undertaken. They have a universal vo...

This collection of stories explores the life of individuals and minorities in an African context. Heightened description of a world of wonder, danger and hidden emotions comes to light at every turn of the page. The white refugee from Mozambique accused of murder, the National Parks Ranger on the run from the ZNA - Zimbabwe National Army, the ex-Rhodesian soldier coming to terms with his past and finding himself crossing the colour barrier of ...