Slampamperliedjie
poetic form by Leipoldt
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- In C. Louis Leipoldt
…he coined the untranslatable name Slampamperliedjie. Leipoldt’s best poetry is to be found in Oom Gert vertel en ander gedigte (1911; “Uncle Gert’s Story and Other Poems”), Uit drie wêrelddele (1923; “From Three Continents”), and Skoonheidstroos (1932; “The Consolation of Beauty”). In Die heks (1923; “The Witch”) and Die laaste…
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