featured poem: One Night Stand by Chisanga Kabinga

Tendrils of smoke swirl in the air Fade slowly They lie post coital Warm Cold blue TV lights flicker He inhales the shampoo scent of her hair Of a memory that could dissolve this delicate haze His eyes close Recollecting...

haiku 120 by Nyakale Mokgosi

black is beautiful tight cornrows incite lust dazzles till dust to dust

haiku 103 by Nyakale Mokgosi

beautiful wrinkles across a sagacious face my mama rocks

haiku 101 by Nyakale Mokgosi

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Urban Voices is Back!

So it is true. Urban Voices is back!... with a not so fresh but strong line up. Mutabaruka, Jean Binta Breeze and Don Mattera will hold the fort and everybody else, whoever they are, are only described as emerging and...