Four Poems by Jeannie Wallace McKeown

  [tabby title="In Biko's Time"] In Biko's Time The townships all around East London were on fire, and the newspaper left its front page blank, with only a sentence: There is news we are not allowed to bring you This...

south africa by zamantungwa

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] *south africa, we love you our beautiful land let’s show the whole world we can bring peace in our land they sang for peace sang to simmer down the blood boiling over and stem the bloody river...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 23 Mar 2015

this week's writing prompt: after the war Inspired by Natalia Molebatsi's poem 'After the War". [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/158370952" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /] 1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK use the form below to submit or click here For more info...

you left me standing by Collen Mabasa

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I hear the sound of rain, I'm sleepless without you, what is all the morning's wealth if you ain't near' come sleep to sooth my heart and numb, what a dreamless weary, I open my eyes still...

the truth about love by Sizakele Phohleli

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] They should have told you that as beautifully dressed in petals love is, so is her wrath pleasantly drenched in thorns, guns and knives, that her peace matches her turmoil that the making up equals the breaking...