Hang on by Mapitsane Maila

Just hang on right there Like a soldier at war Holding his gun kissing the picture of a beloved one Imagining what will happen if he doesn’t pull the trigger Fighting like there is no tomorrow Hang on Just keep...

Lest we forget by Vuyokazi S Yonke

and our ideals desert as dried bones in a desert the sacrifice made the price paid into earth their blood seeped up to the sky bodies heaped the youth of seventy six who laid freedom's bricks Biko, Hani, Tambo Nalucanda...

Hair Salon Ladies by Skeleton Coast

It's that time of the month again, that dreaded time of the month. It happens every month, however, sometimes I wilfully neglect to visit the crypt of all-evil. But then, next time, I have to stay twice as long, all...

mercy by Blou Leask

*act one* I’ve walked haunted streets for months everything carries the stain… holographic monograms threads and filaments handcuff my heart this old jail you *act two* down every road another ghost this whole town belongs I trespass with sadness weighed...

Dark Knight by Blou Leask

you’re an AK47, a lead loaded gun this won’t end well... you’re a dark knight on a suburban street you know you lines well you’re the king of discreet and somewhere between the poison and pain the sun’s sure to...