Death Lurks by Joseph S. Pete

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Some of my best friends are dead,taken down by snipers,shot when out on patrol,ripped asunder by IEDs, ormortared when they thoughtthey were safe back at the FOB’s womb. Some of my best friends are dead,all messed up...

Swampland by Paula Puolakka

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The foreigners talk about Finland,but to us Finns the name is Suomi:"suo" means swamp, and "mi" means land. Our country should remind the foreignersabout the marshes and the creatures of the moistinstead of Santa Claus or Moomin...

Ode to Myself by Black girl cocooning

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Sometimes i resent my lover, her fetish of self-loathing and self-destruction are exhaustingThe pity parties she has hosted for herself have always granted her a VIP ticket to the rock bottomA sunken place i always have to...

Love still lives here by Tulile Siguca

[tabby title ="Poem"] Love still lives hereThis little heart of mine,I'm going to let it shine through dark rooms where the stench of heartbreak loomspast ruins are home,places where fear dwells and love is left out cold with only broken...

When I scatter by TSHEDISO Louw

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Dust is a book that awaits us when time comesIn contradiction to popular belief,One day when I scatter rainbows will rewrite my name when flowers blossom. [tabby title="Poet Bio"] A poet from Kroonstad and a lover of...