[tabby title="Poem"] a shepherd's lesson on how not to drown; the sea is a violent colour,bruises, prunes.the sea doesn't believe you are royal,it will swallow your crown. no shepherd deserves to herd the water.you're just butterfly strokesin a hurricane's throat.deep...

Nolwazi Mbali Mahlangu is a poet and alumni of the Duma Ndlovu Actor's Academy. She currently works as an art administrator at Drama for Life – University of the Witwatersrand. She is a slam judge, a poetry facilitator and has...