The impulse to write is often driven by something that we can’t always explain. When we’re younger and don’t know any better, our words flow, overflow, from a place that seems to have no bottom. When we know better, words...

Poetry Potion has been my passion for the past ten years. This space is about finding new voices and giving them a platform to share their work. It's about making the access to poetry easier for readers from around the...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] i salute the 69 who fell in 1960 for you the sun set so it can rise for me so i stand on your shoulders and still say izwe lethu mayibuye [tabby title="Poet Bio"]duduzile zamantungwa mabaso (@uzamantungwa)...

Dear South Africa, You are not a child anymore. We should have thrown you a huge street bash and handed you your key to adulthood. But we couldn't. There’s not enough to celebrate. You see, we’re not sure you deserve...

We come from a tradition of poetics, which has always responded to the state of the nation. This tradition, whether you are a griot in west Africa or an imbongi in south Africa, has always been about true talk, as...