My dress fell.
It fell about my feet
Like a pool in the rocks.
Come close to me.
Lick my skin
And you will taste the sea.
(from Ashes of Experience, Wurm Publishers, Pretoria, 1969)
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Who was Sinclair Beiles?
Who was Sinclair Beiles? is a compilation of writings about South African Beat poet Sinclair Beiles, co-edited by Gary Cummiskey and Eva Kowalska. Contributors are Gary Cummiskey, Eva Kowalska, Alan Finlay, George Dillon Slater, dawie malan, Earle Holmes, Heathcote Williams, Carl Weissner and Fred de Vries. It was originally published by Dye Hard Press, Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2009. A revised and expanded edition was published in 2015. Who was Sinclair Beiles? is distributed to bookstores throughout South Africa by Bacchus Books.However, copies can be ordered directly from the publisher.Email dyehardpress@iafrica.com for order details.
Sinclair Beiles in Paris, 1959
Houses of Joy
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Published under the pseudonym Wu Wu Ming, Olympia Press, Paris, 1959
Minutes to Go
First edition, Two Cities, Paris, 1960
Minutes to Go
Second edition, Beach Books, Texts and Documents, San Francisco, 1968
New Writers 3
Ashes of Experience
Published by Wurm, Pretoria, 1969. Winner of the first Ingrid Jonker Poetry Prize.
Deliria
First published by Cold Turkey Press,Rotterdam, 1971. Reprint by Small Spaces Press, Johannesburg, 1995
Tales
Published by Gyphon Poets/Phoenix Press, Johannesburg, 1972
Monsieur Dada
An anthology of poetry, including work by Sinclair Beiles, published in London in 1974.
Universal Truths Revealed in White Tobacco Smoke, after Tristan Tzara
Originally published by the London Poetry Society in 1974, republished by Cordelia Editions, Johannesburg, in 1976.
Sacred Fix
A collection of poetry and plays, published by Cold Turkey Press, Rotterdam, 1975
Ballets
Published by Propwash Publications, South Africa, in 1978. Drawings by Jemima Hunt
Dowsings
Published in Johannesburg, 1979
Death Notice
Privately published, Johannesburg, circa 1980s
20 Poems
Privately published, Johanensburg, 1980
A South African Abroad
Published by Lapis Press, California in 1991
Familiar Strangers
The Idiot's Voice
Published by Cold Turkey Press, France, 2012
Bone Hebrew
Published by Cold Turkey Press, France, 2013
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