Dead Metaphors
by Ockert Greeff
About the Author
Ockert Greeff is a South African Canadian poet and drummer inspired by some of the earliest oral and musical traditions – drumming, storytelling, chanting, and rhymes. Born in Namibia and raised in a small town in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa, he earned his BA Hons. in Afrikaans Literature before settling in Johannesburg, where he was co-founder and drummer of the Afrikaans cult band Die Brixton Moord en Roof Orkes. In Montreal, Canada, he has recorded with underground bands such as Light Bulb Alley, Sawtooth, and Death Drive. His poems and poetry-drumming works have appeared in Ons Klyntji, Abstract: Contemporary Expressions, South Florida Poetry Journal, Thimble Literary Magazine, and others, and his poem “Speed Trap” recently placed among the Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards honorable mentions. His work also has been shown at poetry film festivals, including the Raleigh Film & Art Festival and the Small File Media Festival at Simon Fraser University.