editorial: Infinite Wonders

To see a world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand And eternity in an hour. Auguries of Innocence, William Blake What is an eternity in an hour?...

poet muse: Kofi Awoonor (1935 – 2013)

(poet, author, educator, critic, ambassador, 1935 - 2013) Let me lead you into the country It is only as half clansman of the ritual goat((Found Poem by Kofi Awoonor, from The Promise of Hope: New and Selected Poems, 1964-2013.)) Kofi...

editorial: Wordfest

i am that word in red, blue, blk ink mating pen and paper giving birth to seeds that plant, let grow, ravage and fester in your mind. i scribble, dance, twist and swerve across the page in the bloody rage...

poet profile: Phillippa Yaa de Villiers

Phillippa Yaa de Villiers started out writing in her diary as a young kid. In an interview with Mike Alfred in the Twelve + One (Botsotso Publishing, 2014), she reveals that she would write her secret thoughts and secret letters...

mad over love by farrostar

[tabby title="Poem"] like flame her heart whistles for more, moments pass and pass; stars whisper songless words: like strings of broken lyres, she hailed on top of mountains afar screaming my name: come to me my love. The weaking eye...