Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Carla Chait

[tabby title="Poem"] I once counted how long it takes the flowersof the Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow plant to turn.The blossoms appear as a deep violet colour,fade to lavender on the second day,before paling further to white, and finallyturning a light...

710 Soldiers Aged Not Yet One, Martyred by Hassen Lorgat

[tabby title="Poem"] the Universal law of humans sayseveryone has a right to a name nationality to life AndGood neighbourlinessSo the people shared,but the bad ones had other ideas… the good samaritans fled With only their keys hidden in the human...

An Old Cat by Carla Chait

[tabby title="Poem"] There’s a new cat at the shelterwith thin and greasy ginger furand a broken tail.He is all bone –Borris, they’ve named him –and is blind in one eye,which is glassed over.He has a mouth full of stainedand mostly...

Reincarnation by kgosietsile

[tabby title="Poem"] we are angels and demonsvictims and villainswarlords and peacekeepers we have been all of itincarnation after incarnationplaying out the game of life – [tabby title="Poet Bio"] kgosietsile is a poet from Mangaung [tabbyending]

A Juggernaut Of Silence by Nkateko Tshabalala

[tabby title="Poem"] A juggernaut of silence sauntered into a pitiless brainMoments before, we witnessed a canvass of forgotten thoughts in his pupilsMotionless as he lay, as if he forgot to breathe, his soul raced on chariots trying to catch up...