Prayer by Refiloe Mdluli

[tabby title="Poem"] Release us Lord from the manacles of ignorance.Part our enslaved minds from the prejudice and hatred that hold our humanity captive.Make sober our minds to the hurt we inflict.Open our eyes so we may see the bloody ink...

A Dangerous Game by Beula Lewis

[tabby title="Poem"] Rehearsals, actors,lights all staged. Given time, thefruits start falling.When it comes to lightwhat shall be done with the cards held? Be warned, once you troton the road of snakes,biting at the anklesof those who showmercy, understanding, and support....

Thorns of Armageddon by Beula Lewis

[tabby title="Poem"] Heavy stones,pretentious tones,internal bruisesso no one knows. Enough! For your hand has been dealt so many times,to familiar ears,it sounds like chimes. But not for the rosewhich comes with thorns;it shall bring Armageddondown uponthose who posewith ill intent....

Fleeting Epitaph for Palestine by Charl Landsberg

[tabby title="Poem"] Strange fruit.He is handed a grocery bag.The bag: filled with pieces of human meat."Is this my child?" he asks."Bury it like it is your child."Biden sends more bombs for the harvest.Strange fruit. [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Charl Landsberg is...

Invasive Beauty by Blest

[tabby title="Poem"] a dull room filled with bald light bulbsa source of light is needed for attraction suddenly,an indescribable figure enters the framethe attention is taken by this mysterious woman,like a moth to a flame consumed by the fire the...