Poetry & short fiction

Everything worth sayinglives between the two.

I write about the hours nobody photographs — the ones where dark and light argue and neither wins. New pieces land here first.

Cover of the book Dark vs Light

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Fiction

Darkness cannot masquerade as light

Darkness only has two strategies against the light: hide or contain, but never extinguish. A poetic reflection on light walking through the shadows.

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The Split Room

A line drawn down the middle of everything I called home.

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Short Fiction

What the Mirror Kept

A man notices the reflection is a beat too slow.

8 min read

The book

Dark vs. Light, Volume One

A collection of poems and stories about the line down the middle of everything.

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New work, no noise

A short letter from Chezré van Rensburg whenever something new is finished.