GOLDEN JUBILEE by Mbongeni Khumalo

[tabby title="Poem"] 50/ 50In a balance of probabilitiesHalf-full half-emptyNobility a life's chance of vulnerability Walking milestonesIlluminated in countless candlesValue judgementA kilometre in shoo-shoosSo who's whoWhen the stormy winds of life startTo blow?It never kills to hopeDistant horizons turned aglowEyes half-ope...

Too Old To Die Young by Mitja Lovše

[tabby title="Poem"] ‘Fuck you, Hüsker Dü!’An old man agingin front of that storehe used to visit. ‘Fuck you, Ramones!’He keeps thinkingthe past shall return,if he wishes well. ‘Fuck you, Radiohead!’He tries to outrunthe sight of the fanboyswith their own keys....

21st century Awakening by Iyanuoluwa Okunola

[tabby title="Poem"] As our dialects speak through us,And diversity shapes our ways,New tongues have taken root,Yet we remain branches of the same tree. We have endured much —In the past, and in recent times.New tongues have sidetracked us,Leaving us to...

Sting in the Tail by Stephen Kingsnorth

[tabby title="Poem"] The naïve main character cast,employed and played in every script,both fairy tales, all myths rehearsed -yet we ourselves bear title rôle. Unwary, gullible, or gulled,beguiled by trusting those who dupe;avoiding confrontation, feared -too obvious to be embraced,because we...

The Heart That Attended Its Own Funeral by Arianaemu

[tabby title=""Poem] I wanted to beg you to stay.Perhaps lovecould have rewritten fate.But my mind has memorizedthe sound of departing footstepsbetter than it remembersthe sound of promises.So I smiled.As if losing youwas somethingI had already survived.Forgive my silence.It wasn't pride.It...