Mysteries in the Universe by Thompson Emate

[tabby title="Poem"] All the broken bits,Coming together in their fragments,Like pieces of garments,Coming together to make a whole. The mysteries of the world,Hidden in the cosmos,They find places under the sun,Some await the unborn. All the broken bits,Coming together in...

The Last of Everything by Edson

[tabby title="Poem"] Each time we go to bed,a part of us doesn’t wake up,and one day the rest of us will not.We will close our eyes,never to open them again. As one after another,days leave our bodies,like smoke from an...

Numbing Winter by Andreas Treki Dohtdong

[tabby title="Poem"] After winter's song,Spring should singdeafen my ears to its sister.I hope it will.I hope because I am unsurethat its notes will sound in my heartand numb the numbness afflicting it.At least put a smile on this face, a...

Love Poems During War by Charl Landsberg

[tabby title="Poem"] At this point even the small connections,feel like a 'well done' and pat on the head,after your head has been ripped clean off.But it's nice, given what could have been instead.So is it okay if I say, "I...

Prayer by Refiloe Mdluli

[tabby title="Poem"] Release us Lord from the manacles of ignorance.Part our enslaved minds from the prejudice and hatred that hold our humanity captive.Make sober our minds to the hurt we inflict.Open our eyes so we may see the bloody ink...