Violence by Jamal Parker

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Violence is not a means of absolute protest Violence is not a means of absolute protest Violence is not a means of absolute protest I protest with the print of ink marks on paper, spoken aloud through...

The Red Rose of Humanity by Heather Peat

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Each letter I write Is a love poem For all humanity [restrict]Each word I write Is a petal plucked From a red rose Leaving her heart exposed Love is the key to humanity [/restrict] [tabby title="Poet Bio"]Heather...

Q&A: Ashraf Booley

Ashraf Booley first sent poems to Poetry Potion in 2012. This poem here below, A Story of the Mind, was featured in our fifth anniversary edition. At the moment of awakening another story ends. Like a book with missing pages,...

Children of Asazi

The children of great men and woman often bear the weight of their parents’ legacy. They can choose to accept the burden or reject it. If they accept it, they could rise above and beyond or fail tragically. If they...

Wonders Will Never Cease by Ndaba Sibanda

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] That group stunned the citizens With their home-grown optimism And Mickey-Mouse verbal aerobatics, They harped on instant prosperity Propelled by their great discovery, People pinched their bodies upon Hearing the optimists’ story of refined Diesel streaming mystifyingly...