Rubble: Poems

Author: Abu Bakr Solomons

Publisher: Botsotso (2025)

In Rubble, his third collection of poetry, Solomons foregrounds portraits as well as memories of personal shifts, and reflections in the context of a broad national and global milieu ruptured, intermittently, by pandemics and political upheavals.  Ultimately, the poetry seeks to forge a creative fulcrum on which to balance this unfolding vision, share insights and sustain 
engagement. 

The Western Cape setting is an important element as he reminisces about outstanding Muslim religious and political figures who inspired his childhood with their acts of resistance to apartheid. Indeed, the weight of this legacy of racism and brutality still weighs heavy as he reflects on the new wave of corruption massaged by often shameless propaganda at local and international level.