Dear poet I am currently compiling an international anthology of poems the theme is courage .Poets of all walks of life are invited to submit their unpublished poems .Looking at the pressure we face every day one need grit to…
Deep Waters
by Chestlyn Draghoender Sometimes when I think of you my body trembles; not with fear or shame but with anger. Sometimes when we speak of you, I cannot fathom how a man can be so cruel – your face too…
Nkadime diphego
by Oliver Kgadime Matsepe (1932 – 1974) Nkadime diphego nonyana ke fofe, Tša mono ke khutše mogofe. Ka diphego ke tle ke akgofe, Meloko le melokwana le ofe le ofe Mogwera ke kgone go mo hlola. Nkadime molodi, ke na…
Two Poems by John Eppel
Berlin ‘Ich war, ich bin, ich werde sein’:those words are Luxemburg’s, not mine,but footsteps tapped through death and dinthose sewage scents of Stadt Berlin. Words like footsteps tap-tap tapping,Birkenstocks go map-map mapping:Look, there’s Hegel, and look, there’s Brecht,Look, Landwehr where…
Two Poems by Jemima Meyer
senseless my eyes fingertips nose and tongue grow numb as ears listen for your whisper numberless light years away. it seems only bass beats and Macufe’s mumblings can reach and pierce through ears. at least something tingles skin and cheeks.…