Dodging Raindrops by Thabang Ngoma

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] In the eye of the storm brave hearts embrace Fears stirring confusion in her turbulence We recollect our mangled existence To move forward with growing resilience In her eye, the look of clarity Safe in her blink...

The Love and Loss of Birds by Allyson Bantom

i think about the love of birds between times dedicated to my present discomfort the loss of birds between such times there must be others who do the same I'm sure but not here where every heart is sold to...

Crumbs by Carice Frank

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] What crumbs we are compared to loaves of kneaded expectations And yet we’d have them scrounge for lifetimes Sticking to their famished fingers Feeding their little minds with tasteless worries We’d love nothing more than to lie...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 9 Feb 2015

this week's writing prompt: "If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it." ~Alice Walker today is Alice Walker's...

Getting Away With Freedom by Menzi Maseko

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Thieves have broken into the house that Freedom bled for None but ourselves can free our mines Preachers have stolen the sacred shrine that Poets led from None but our pens can free our lines From mediocrity...