Giants by Chestlyn Draghoender

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Somewhere in the East across the river are 'giants' surrounding us. All bare, and breathing fire. Fire that consumes whatever is in mind. Wait! Did you hear that? They came from the West to deceive us with...

dream deferred by Makingzo

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] today we are forced to modify our dreams dream less and less of economic freedom for all today we are forced to hide our thoughts of disappointments in this half freedom land and its torturous tales of...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 26 June 2017

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK "How difficult is it for one body to feel the injustice wheeled at another?" from Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine. use the form below to submit [gravityform id="2" title="true" description="false"] For more info...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 19 Jun 2017

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK "at that moment when students were taking the / the forward pace / the police stood shattering the peace " from At the Dawn of Another Day by Sipho Sepamla. The Soweto I Love...

A Poem A Day writing prompt 12 June 2017

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK "Before it grew dark, I heard those words" the open lines from " Before it Grew Dark" by Han Kang. Translated by Sophie Bowman in Modern Poetry in Translation No. 3 2016 use the...