by Patricia Schonstein The Burundian artist, Serge Alain Nitegeka, has created a powerful installation at The Norval Art Museum called Structural Response III and I recently read a selection of poems alongside it. Structural Response III is Nitegeka’s response…
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The storytelling jug
by Makhosazana Xaba I am the two litre jug, plastic and royal blue. I was brought to this home as a gift five years ago. The first born daughter of the Mother of this home Used her first salary…
The shadow of my father’s world
by Dana Labe 1. Tethered to the shadow of my father’s world Lawyer’s daughter in her brand new job I blunder in dark spaces beneath the rule of law My father wore brown shoes on Tuesdays His life was…
Two poems by David wa Maahlamela
Mr Plumber’s wife Plumber’s wife works in sky fingering offices, her manicured fingers conversing with a computer for seven hours. English sprints out her mouth as if it was born there, as if she was not living in a…
Once upon a man
by Nomathemba Thafeni Sometimes he will be unkind to you, Say painful words, Make a fool of you. And when you think you have just had enough, He will come with pretty flowers, Kiss your beautiful lips. And the…