POET MUSE: Mzi Mahola (1949 – 2023)

Poet, Playwright, Novelist For many seasonsOur home layUnder the roof of sorrow. Now I knowThat from a dog’s withered backYou can tell that There’s hunger in a home. South African poet and novelist Mzi Mahola passed away in August 2023. Born in...

Poet Muse: Don Mattera (1935 -2022)

(poet, journalist, activist) Remember to call at my graveWhen freedom finallyWalks the landSo that I may riseTo tread familiar pathsTo see broken chainsFallen prejudiceForgotten injuryPardoned pains. And when my eyes have filled their sightDo not run away for frightIf I...

POET MUSE: MAISHE MAPONYA (1951 – 2021)

(poet, playwright, academic) Recapturing ourselves In the rubble of facades Every piece a victory We’ll have to create A monument of pieces Every calendar day a monument Every monument a victory Every loss a victory Triumphant sacrifice For we alone...

POET MUSE: Matete Motsoaledi (1980-2020)

(Poet, photographer, musician) Ke iphapantšha le thlagoEke ga ke bone letago la gagoPelo yona e lebala mošitoGe fela nka go bea leihloKe telela poifoKa ba mogale ke se na marumoKe a fišegelwaKe leka go kgotlelelaKe ile ke a go fihlelaEfela...

Poet Muse: Angifi Dladla (1950-2020)

(Poet, playwright and creative writing teacher) “You flew away,never bothered.I went my way,never botheredonce we were one.” PHRRR ((Dladla, A. (2020). PHRRR Poem by Angifi Proctor Dladla - Poem Hunter. PoemHunter.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020, from https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/phrrr/.)) courtesy of Facebook Poet, playwright and teacher...