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three poems by Yoshira Marbel

[tabs tab1=”On the other side” tab2=”The Rocking Chair” tab3=”Different Kind of Love” tab4=”Poet Bio”] On the other side On the other side The ethereal chords Of the Nile flows Alongside an opus Of Himalayan snow Persian roses braid The scandalous...

Q&A: Ashraf Booley

Ashraf Booley first sent poems to Poetry Potion in 2012. This poem here below, A Story of the Mind, was featured in our fifth anniversary edition. At the moment of awakening another story ends. Like a book with missing pages,...

Children of Asazi

The children of great men and woman often bear the weight of their parents’ legacy. They can choose to accept the burden or reject it. If they accept it, they could rise above and beyond or fail tragically. If they...

100 000 Poets for Peace at Jozi House of Poetry

If we were all to jump into the air at the same time, would the force of our collective landing knock the earth off its course around the sun? on 28 September 100 000 poets around the globe will lend...

Wonders Will Never Cease by Ndaba Sibanda

That group stunned the citizens With their home-grown optimism And Mickey-Mouse verbal aerobatics, They harped on instant prosperity Propelled by their great discovery, People pinched their bodies upon Hearing the optimists’ story of refined Diesel streaming mystifyingly out of rocks!...