Imperialists by Kgosietsile

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] please knowthat I remember it all i rememberhow radical you once werehow ready to gofight for freedom of black peopleyou once were i recorded your words in my soulwhen you said“You would die fighting for our land...

Finding Heaven by Brandon Janse Van Vuuren

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I dig deeproots rottinga dead stump I dig deeperthe ground is moistgetting stuck in my nails I dig deeper stilland strike my graveI dig deeper still getting stuck in my nailsthe ground is moistI dig deeper a...

Reverence and Remembrance by A.D. Labuschagne

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I’ve played the organ at many funerals. I have seen how death often makes us forget,Replacing memories with better ones,Sometimes made up ones,In an effort to preserve the dignity of the dead… My reverence for GodIs very...

A Daughter’s Plea by Thobile Ndimande

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I feel stretchednot in a bendy way like elasticmore like the tearing and ripping of a cheap plastic bagmy empathy is weary and exhaustedit is too much to hold meand yousomething’s got to alleviate the weightI hope...

W.A.R OF WORDS by Mbongeni Khumalo

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] (Writers & Rioters) IPamela... NicholsYou pummel me with wordsAnd yell at meTelling me not to ever call you againAnd yetShed tears over a Valentine's cardNever sentPerfumed in your own sweet scent Lindiwe Mabuza said itYour skin colour...