A Poem A Day: writing prompt (05/09)

today's writing prompt comes from the second stanza from "I will tell it to my doctor" a poem by Oswald Mtshali from Sounds of the Cowhide Drum I will listen to his voice chanting incantations like a priest giving a...

Poem of the Week: Love me by LFS

[tabby title="Poem"] Control me Guide me Show me the way Light the path Help me discover The beauty of this world Help me find The one in my dreams Put me on the path When I cannot see it Put...

A Poem A Day: Blood Soaked by Saleeha Bamjee

she hangs massacres up to dry virgin rust pressed flowers torn leaves flap violent in the wind the sun to fade what cold water can't [button color="green" link="" target=""]APADC Writing Prompt: "Blood Soaked" (23/08)[/button] [kkstarratings]

Kgadime (For OK Matsepe) by Shimo

[tabby title="Poem"] (For OK Matsepe) mphe serokolo ke kgeme, ketla tshwelatshwela thoko mme kase metše Kgadime. aowi! hle nkadime Kgadime! nkadime sagago sefepi goba sona selepe ke kgone go rema ka dika, ke kgone le go rothiša ya bjoko meokgo...

Uhuru Sasa by Nyakale Mokgosi

[tabby title="Poem"] (for Zimbabwe) armageddon on our doorstep diplomats floundering like zombies devoured like a hollywood movie an auspicious beginning a predictable, gory ending mugabe refuses to go quietly mbeki dances softly softly zimbabweans plead for mercy, mercy mercy mwalimu...