The boy who cried by Gill Homu.

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] He cried his heart out and ripped his skin apart barely alive, curled up in a box the walls were closing in on him He screamed for help but his voice was muffled by shame so he...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 8 July 2017

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK   '' I collected toes yours, mine, hers, hung in them in trees...'' from the poem Hammerkop in Seaweed Sky by Sarah Godsell   use the form below to submit [gravityform id="2" title="true" description="false"] For...

Hold up by Charl Landsberg

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Hold up a bit- let me see you. I hardly ever do. You with hair, that smells of lavender; dancing into the room, never missing a cue. Subtle magic. And a wink of an eye, belie the...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 7 July 2017

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK   ''At the flick of a knife night plunges sharply on the tender flank of Soweto'' from the poem Night Knife in Growing up with Poetry by Barolong Seboni . use the form below to...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 6 July 2017

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK "people thought the moon was a hole to the sky but the sun was actually a bathplug holding the water on this outside..." from the poem Paper Boat in Poetry 99 by Richard Fox. use...