Feminist Biko by Jen Thorpe

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I first read 'I write what I like' In a politics class That was, well, political. I felt something like uncertainty At wanting to relate to something That didn't need or want me to And unsure Of...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 15 Sep 2014

this week's writing prompt: ...AB (after Biko) submit poems about a time after Steve Biko. 1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK use the form below to submit or click here For more info about A Poem A Day, click here.

Ramshackle Bus by Ndaba Sibanda

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Troubled, the engine croaks. The smoke emitted is rotten to the core. Will changing the driver give the passive but chocked passengers some joy or reprieve? Up in smoke is credibility. Up in flames is sanity. What...

04.00am by Bulumko Nyamezele

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] with EVERY heavy breath we bury PIECEs OF each other’s smiles in the SENTENCEs WE never SHARE every morning I awake and bare witness as YOU exhale broken frames of your forgotten DREAMs I sit in lotus...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 8 Sept

this week's writing prompt: "Lover of mine, it is time we surrender the vessels" line from the poem titled It Is Insane by Khulile Nxumalo (Fhedzi, 2013) 1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK use the form below to submit or click here...