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A Poem A Day writing prompt 24 Oct 2016

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK “This is why I will always remain on the margins, a stranger among the stones, even beneath the friendly sun of this summer’s day…” from For Anna Feldford by Lourdes Casal, Palabras juntan revolución....

#ThisWomanIs… my mother

Kela Griot My mother, Dipuo Maswabi, inspires me. In 2006, she was diagnosed with cancer. Two years ago, she beat three different types of cancers, one of which was in the fourth and final stage. While on chemo, she survived...

Fees Must Still Fall by Chestlyn Draghoender

Why do they make us wait before they lead us? Make us beg before they feed us? Leave us when we need them the most? Please, can’t they cut us some slack? We have enough to worry about… The high...

These Crowns by Nomsa

They’ll say its unruly Untidy Unprofessional because it makes them uncomfortable to see a black woman with a crown on her head it makes them uncomfortable that she wears it so fearlessly So carefree So magically So comfortably these hair...