Tears of the crying Africa by Kgutsang Alfred Setloboko

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Tears of the crying AfricaAfrica my landThey sailed to you from the westYou welcomed them in the CapeUbuntu you showed them“De mensheid” the Dutch would call it. Back they went, and they brought chains with themAfrica your...

Construction by Bad Poet

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Without memoriesYour life has just begunBut this is about memory, not memoriesMe-mory, mem-ory, m-emory, memo-ryAnyway you say it, it's just a dreamPart of life's painful and beautiful schemesIt's not real until written on seamsIt's not good until...

Seven Dirty Words by Joseph S. Pete

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] George Carlin was a legend, a visionary,an incisive social critic, a staple of my college library.Ever brazen, he spoke of how mass media suppressed language:Shit, what dogs do in parks;piss, what hooligans do in parking lots;fuck, how...

Deaths and Beginnings by Dshamilja Roshani

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I.Once,Home was a feelingRather than a place of birth.When borders had not yet formedScars on the face of the earth.When we were moving, dancing,Flowing at peace, composingThe songs of our soulsWith unbroken, effortlessEase. II.Later we discoveredThe nightmares....

C18H10N204 by Aaishah Mayet

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] C18H10N2O4 -The serial number of all the storage facilitiesThat look like meIn varying shadesOf historical resilience Let me tell you about this vaultFor which you contribute monthlyIn condescension A twenty-first century convenienceBorn from a prejudice of antiquityA...