Michael Laubscher

At sea am I out

 

Some days -

I drift out across the sea

weightless and wonderless

boundless, horizonless.

Just to be

that which no one has to think about

or even talk.

 

 

Interview

 

TSTmpj:  What is your first memory "as a poet" of the sea?

 

Michael Laubscher:  Somewhere as a teen watching the sea and beginning to realize some of its enormity and boundlessness.

 

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TSTmpj:  Can you describe what the sea means to you?

 

Michael Laubscher:  It offers much- reflection, enjoyment, uncertainty, anonymity, among others.

 

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TSTmpj:  What does anonymity mean to you?

 

Michael Laubscher:  Anonymity is not something anyone wants forever, but there are times when it is a welcome luxury, and times when it is a necessity. A fine line indeed, but occasionally it offers us the opportunity of just being.

 

 

Bio Note

 

Michael Laubscher is a lecturer at North-West University in South Africa, who writes poetry and wonders about life.