[tabby title="Poet Bio"] As I slowly turn into the earthI perceive my gnarled roots have gone deep downlike that of a two- hundred- year- old banyan treewith its dark green symmetrical tangled leavesand tenacious vines some of which crawl into...
[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I’ve been swift and demanding Asking you to love your neighbours throughfences save and ration — stop assuming make things usually made for you do things usually done for you sprout time rather thandevouring it reach for...
[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I can’t breathethe dead call out to usfrom across the decadeshere in Mzansi, there in Namibia, Congo, France, the U.S.from Emmet Till to Hector Peterson and back – and backLumumba, King, Biko, Mxenge, Tatane I can’t breathe...
[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I don't understandEveryone is saying that the world is yet to endThat in a few years timeThe world will endBut for methe world has already endedMy world endedWhen you left. [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Tasmiyah is an aspiring...
[tabby title="Poet Bio"] 4 Statues to mark the dayStrike a woman; strike a rockPass laws went awayWomen are still your livestock 4 Statues where you called, “Amandla”We, the people, answered, “Awethu”Now you defend NkandlaAnd ask us to vote for you...