We are fashioned by circumstance by Manqoba Mtsweni

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] We are fashioned by circumstance,Sharpened in every situation into a shapeThat'll allow us to fit into society, even into traditional chains,Whether it causes your soul to break or your hope to give way to despair.We are clay...

Do They See Us? by Manqoba Mtsweni

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Do they see usWith gold-framed and rose-tinted glasses?We're dust to them,When we stand, our poverty rises into view; our voices sound within earshot.We stain their black suits brown,With our complaints and the troubles from where we've been...