Recitation of the Constellations by Thabang Ngoma

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] A nocturnal phenomenon When the sun falls from the heavens And we begin the recitation of the constellations And chart your wisdom in the fourth dimension To a constant navigation of hearts that burn brighter Yearning for...

Who Am I? by Gert Jakobs

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Who am i? I am me Beautiful unique Only blue print Original copy, You see? Need no one To complete me Love my mirror image Hug myself day by day Play my role well On the life...

The Writing on the Wall by Jeannie Wallace McKeown

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] We’ve seen the writing on the wall people say, and they pack up their families, and all their belongings (except for, often, the family pets which are left in overcrowded shelters) and they leave for Australia or...

Through New Eyes by Thabang Ngoma

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The train approaches in the distance Through a tunnel we gave birth The chimney smog marries the low clouds Of increasing heavy traffic and haze of garbage fires Red roof tops absorb long wave radiation The neighbourhood’s...

After by Allyson Bantom

after the watchful monsters are sated with the watery sludge of my butchered name and the acrid aftertaste of their contempt is replaced by the mundane after the last bile has issued forth from their murderous mouths and they have...