A Firefly Flailing In A Glass Jar by Nkateko Masinga

[tabby title="Poem"] I wanted to love him without his voicebeing the small god to whom I offered myself at night;a threshing floor sacrifice, clandestine,not destined for or deserving of the morning light. I wanted ceremonial bonfire;drums and drunken delusionto distract...

Spaces Between by Hayley Gibbons

[tabby title="Poem"] in the Beginningthere were stars and a sunand also black holesbut people only count the starsthey say the event horizon is thepoint of no returnwhere the pressure is so muchthat light can’t survive itthey only count the starsthough...

Fate Fighting Luck by Ena De Kock

[tabby title="Poem"] You Have Fate Fighting Luck If you escape from the ordinarinessof days by catching the gold in the leavesas they drip from the trees -- you have fate fighting luck. If you find a lost book on magicleft...

The Ripple Effect by Beula Lewis

[tabby title="Poem"] Stomping, growling,sowing seedsboasting about thy deeds! Forgotten about thethe ripple effectfor the boomerangwill come backand hang around thyown neck! [tabby title="Poet Bio"] The poet enjoys reading, writing, and creating digital art [tabbyending]

Teeming in Circle by Kleinbooi

[tabby title="Poem"] Resisting amorous advances.Because the mind is teeming in circleand trapped in fantasies.Wishes and hopes drowning in fiction.Fiction of liebestraume. Don’t be a utopian.Ignoring the reality of life.Forgetting that perfection is moulded by mistakes.Fantasy and need are like quarks...