Whenever I'm asked in a class about what poetry is, I often remember the words of anenraged mother addressing her daughter who planned to move in with her boyfriend, saying:​ "Ha otswa ka lemati leno, o siye sohle seleng saka,...

Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share common characteristics. It is the use of one thing based on its characteristics to give clarity on the mechanics and/or...

So, sometimes it's hard to writer. Some say it exists, others say it doesn't. It's called a writer's block. It takes over you at the most inconvenient of times. Has you not knowing how to write. How to distil that...

imagery (noun): visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work. Imagery is using vivid and descriptive language in order to elevate the work. When used properly, it can transport the reader or listener into the poem and make...

Like all other creative disciplines, poetry has difference genres. Some times genre that can easily be confused with form. The differences aren’t always that easy to define or separate but if you thing of form in this way - form...