Of A Man And His Dream by Chilufya

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] There once was a manwhose life before we met,I know nothing of.I like to believeour meeting changed himboyish vigour, matured to manly valour This man dreamed a dreamthe dream of luscious green vegetablesbig bouncy bullheadsbright, noisy and...

Freedom, Running by JulesLightbearer

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] my dearest babara today i sawkids without slipperssons who leavesons who leftgirls withdaughters with daughtersfathers without kinmothers who singi saw headmasters that cryshy prostitutesand reverends with shopsshops without windowsbabies asking me "how to let go""How do we...

Meet the Voiceless by Chilufya

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The Anguished onehe is to be found every morningat the traffic stopthe robot’s red to green colour paceholds his daily fatethe discolour of his skinsmell of his breatha testimonyto the faint memory of his last bath The...

This City’s true colours by Chilufya Chileshe

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The pregnant sounds of the city street belowFilter with ease into my quiet roomA sprawling expanse of shacks lay lowTightly packed in brown and dusty gloomOver the lake with black water aglowDense trees and shrubs in whose...

Candle Light by Loner Pen

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Unfurl your glowIn the bizarre dark. Adorn us we thatwander in misdeeds. In drowsy veils plumbYour yellows. Lo! Let our soulsbathe in rue. [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Dacious Kasoka, alias “Loner Pen” was born on the 19th of...