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Analgesia by Ashraf Booley

Pain numbs pain; razor-blades and minora blades bandage bleak memories etched across blood-blotched skin – where sagacity has gone astray. [restrict]Quavering and quivering and voice arrested in the dampening silence. The morning sun blots up a bed of tears –...

On my own by Menzi Maseko

How can Love be dead? And how do we go on Keeping alive This half life In which we thrive On borrowed time Still haunted by these pale specters In this dry white season Defying nature’s reason For why seasons...

A Lady by Abdulmugheeth Petersen

My lady’s figure is all covered Just her hands and her eyes may be seen So others may think she is less beloved For in no man’s sight she has been [restrict …]Her face she hides behind a veil So...

Can a poem ever die? by Amreen B. Shaikh

A poem is alive like any being, as it lives its thoughts and feelings. [restrict …]It is fed by emotions, given beauty by the imagery it creates, and stays in the abode of words. It speaks an untold story, whispers...

Peace of Mind by Moses Kilolo

I get lonely sometimes, and I seek you Then we fight a little, when not making love Most of the time I feel horrible after Because I know I have not given you, any truth [restrict…]Truth is what I desire,...