[tabby title="Poem"] Marriages of contrivanceRich blacks/ poor whitesYellow brown cuckoo-nutsBlack gold-diggers& white hangers-on I am a medical doctor & you?Oh yes# ME TOO!Professor of Pit PoetryDimwit Literature Ooh hmm, that's too deepMy pleasure... [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Mbongeni Khumalo: Author of...

[tabby title="Poem"] Starting on a clean slate so lateIs chalk and cheese on a dirty plateWhere they canvass popular votesNot to self-upliftBut to undress old woundsTo settle old scoresLike thumbing a lift to hijackThe good SamaritanIn a banana republic of...

[tabby title="Poem"] After the feast cometh the beastUnfulfilled resolutions a bucket listThe stomach is a full caskBut the heart is an empty flask Recycled needs are renewed desiresWants & wishes are runaway firesWith festivities gone privateHappiness is a social media...

[tabby title="Poem"] No peace in OsloTwo conflicting world viewsOn a head-on collisionThe Cause is a two-course meal Prosperous stateFrom among the richest turned poorestSky-rocketing pricesFlying higher than Mount Everest So which group of poets will flyTo Havana business classOn a...

[tabby title="Poem"] BLACK TO BASICS(for Thabo Lehlongwa) Birth is bereavementBlack boys born poor and pennilessRacing matchstick boatsOn dusty township pavementsRecruited playing marblesTo fight life and death strugglesTaking a gamble at each passing momentWe are the clever onesBunking classesLeaving at lunch...