[tabby title="Poem"] The gnarled treein the middle, holds up the parkOther spots and other treesgreen this worldBut this tree, its angle and visage, catches the sun's sparksin singular ways At dusk, the shadows muster& all trees lean inwardsshrink a tiny...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I can’t breathethe dead call out to usfrom across the decadeshere in Mzansi, there in Namibia, Congo, France, the U.S.from Emmet Till to Hector Peterson and back – and backLumumba, King, Biko, Mxenge, Tatane I can’t breathe...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] the distancebetween father and soneach trying to hack it the dark waters drippingon the webbed silencebrow broadly ripplingon the edge of storms they munch peanuts, quaff beerthe sports commentary so easyin the ear in the distancequietly; in...

To Breathe Into Another Voice was recently launched at The Orbit Jazz club. This is an anthology of jazz poetry compiled and edited by avid Jazz lover and poet Myesha Jenkins. Published by Real African Publishers, the anthology explores jazz...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] you walk, between the worlds we follow those steps the seashores, robben island, the open plains the interstices between death & vitality the narrow path between my song & dance you, a linguist of note speak to...