Thoughts of my death by Nkateko Tshabalala

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Silent thoughts ripping through the womb of my constructed realityConfusing my life’s surety, obscuring the light of my pathI yearn for an eternal tranquility, to drink from its springs to quench gothic firesI need to find my...

So What by Allyson Bantom

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] It has to feed youopen the jaws of your righteous indignationand consume it he called me a "h....t"knowing that he would be exempted from consequences she would be his alibi"no - it's your opinion, you probably imagined...

Dire Escape by Nkateko Masinga

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] “no one leaves home unlesshome is the mouth of a shark.”–Warsan Shire, Home the shame you bear / exile / eventhe borders bare their enamel atyou / straddling the boarding gate with anxious feet / ‘homeland’security has...

Model Village by Stephen Kingsnorth

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Check out Eyam’s story - type it in,the global village sharing rank;a plague on all our houses, homes,our wellbeing no better dressed.Our greeting now olecranon,a process of hail fellow joint,though also place to catch the cough -as...

Thirst by Inger Iceheart

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I am stuck between four wallsand a crowd of sullen strangersdangers to the societywe once were a part ofnow apart from.Nothing to wash away the dirt.Hate.Hurt.Hunger.Thirst.The cop outside drinks his Stoney ginger beer.All I have is my...