Renowned, acclaimed and celebrated poet Napo Masheane is poised to set the stage alight with her latest reworked offering titled "Napo Masheane and Friends: Featuring- Beyond Vocal, Ladies In Jazz and The Fat Black Women Sing,"Napo Masheane & Friends" is...

this week's writing prompt: in the beginning there was... [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/158370952" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /] 1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK use the form below to submit or click here For more info about A Poem A Day, click...

for A Poem A Day writing prompt... [tabby title="Poet Bio"] When war left us behind Our skins still sang songs of rage, We hated ourselves outrageously out of lack of knowledge about our forefather’s thrones And the royalty our blood...

We come from a tradition of poetics, which has always responded to the state of the nation. This tradition, whether you are a griot in west Africa or an imbongi in south Africa, has always been about true talk, as...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] And as I stand here, the Rain lashing across my face, the Wind brushing through my hair, the World spinning under my feet, I spy the Sun upon the horizon, rising like a fiery God. And O...