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AA Maree
A dead swallow
Why is it always the women?
Abbey Khambule
Poems by Abbey Khambule
Three poems by Abbey Khambule
Wallpaper
Water
Abigail George
Alexandra Wallace
His eyes were blue
Kindness
Abu Bakr Solomons
Spectre, Malmesbury
Two poems by Abu Bakr Solomons
Wig (less)
Africa Boso
Here Lies a Good Man we so Dearly Loved
Today I Signed the Damn Papers
Alan Finlay
Poems by Alan Finlay
Alexander Smith
A Silver
Allan Kolski Horwitz
Eva Haroun Blogs From Tahrir Square
Future
Honey
NAKBA DAY: BOTSOTSO JOINS IN COMMEMORATING THE PALESTINIAN EXPULSION
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Almog Behar
My Arabic is mute
Amadiba Crisis Committee
Amadiba Crisis Committee 2020-07-12: Mbhabham Mathumbu (1930 – 2020), veteran from Pondo Revolt, buried in Amadiba on Saturday 11 July.
Amanda Ballen
Rain: a collaborative poem
Amani Karisa
another dead poet
Blasphemy
Fork porn!
Amy Sibiya
Two poems by Amy Sibiya
Andre Marais
Andre Marais and the Kids
Reunion
Andre van Vuuren
Radio-omroeper
Anna Varney-Wong
Holy Day
Raw poem
Annique le Roux
Inability to Express
Antigua Koekemoer
Blades within
Oh, Babe
Antjie Krog
Nkadime diphego
Antony Domburg
ñ Brief van n vermoorde kind aan die ouers
Ari Sitas
Trade Winds
Arja Salafranca
A man sits in a Johannesburg park
Cleo and Nic
Octopus Fingers
Ashley Makue
Melancholic
Two Poems by Ashley Makue
Wondering Hearts
Ashraf Booley
In memory of my cousin’s mind
Athol Williams
Poems by Athol Williams
Attila József
VOICE OF CONSCIENCE: THE LIFE AND WORK OF ATTILA JÓZSEF
Awogbemila Temitope Ayodeji
You Flew the Calculus of the World
You Flew the Calculus of the World
Ayabonga Molo
Poems by Ayabonga Molo
Bafana Charles Peter
Poems by Bafana Charles Peter
Three poems by Bafana Charles Peter
Berenice Makani-Mansomi
Poems by Berenice Makani-Mansomi
Bheki Mthembu
Bheki Goes to Church
Boubacar Boris Diop
‘Doctor Joseph Karekazi’ and ‘Jessica’: Two extracts from “Murambi: Book of Bones”
Brendon Booth-Jones
Five Poems by Brendon Booth-Jones
Brent Meersman
Poems by Brent Meersman
THE RICH, THE RICH (to be sung loudly)
Brian Khumalo
Pinky
Carlton Carr
Poems by Carlton Carr
Carol Fofo
Matlapa
Carol Leff
Poems by Carol Leff
César Vallejo
THE BLACK HERALDS
Chandramohan S
LEARNING FROM THE PANTHERS: a poetic biography
Two Poems by Chandramohan S
Two poems by Chandramohan S
Chantal-Fleur Sandjon
Story Telling pt. 2: a blak fairy tale
Chestlyn Draghoender
Deep Waters
Ek blame almal
Fatigue
Luckiest Man
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Chris Mann
Poems: To the Memory of the Poet, Chris Zithulele Mann who Died on 10 March 2021
Chris Mason
Dave
CL Farley
These Aren’t Mine
Colette Murphy
Dust Donkey
Confidence Seleme
Victoria Falls
Damian Garside
Poems by Damian Garside
Dana Labe
Haiku adventure
The shadow of my father’s world
Dareen Tatour
Dareen Tatour – Poems and Persecution in Occupied Palestine
Dave Stevens
Poems by Dave Stevens
David Kerr
African Feeds
The Acquisitionist
David wa Maahlamela
Two poems by David wa Maahlamela
Two Poems by David wa Maahlamela
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Delia Watterson
Eyes and Ears
The Beast with Two Backs
Dennis Webster
Two Poems by Dennis Webster
Deon-Simphiwe Rakaku
Am my own man
Beneath the Skin
Correspondence between Madimetja “Kulturecool” Selepe and Deon-Simphiwe
Graaff-Reinet
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Dicho Disashi Ilunga
The Traditional Witch (extract of the unpublished novel witched dance)
Dimakatso Sedite
Seventy seven days by Dimakatso Sedite
The Shape of a Man
When women are train stations
When women are train stations
Dina Segal
Dust
Dirontso Mtwa
My lost child
Donald Parenzee
Two poems by Donald Parenzee
Dorothy Murray
The Wave
Doug Downie
Moving Day
Dumisani Hlatswayo
Rest in peace: To N. Hlatswayo
E.D. KUSH X
White Queen
Ehud Ein-Gil
This is the poem that was not written
Eleni Philippou
Two Poems
Eyethu Mfazwe
The other side of life
Fatima Coovadia
Two Faces
Frank Meintjies
A Red-brown Dog Stands His Ground
Two poems by Frank Meintjies
Frans Baloyi
O Ikgethile Mogale
Fundoza Skosana
Half and full moon
Gabriel Hoosain Khan
Poems by Gabriel Hoosain Khan
The boy I kissed at the Greenhouse
Gail Dendy
Three poems by Gail Dendy
Gary Cumminskey
Joburg Gothic
Goodwill Siboniso Mkhwanazi
Two poems by Goodwill Siboniso Mkhwanazi
Hanta Henning
m(other) a letter to my adopted daughter
Hassen Lorgat
We keep our eyes on the prize
Heidi Grunebaum
Sunday drive in the Overberg
Hlengiwe Mnguni
Apples for my Love
Two Stories by Hlengiwe Mnguni
Hyun-Jung Anna Kim
The Question of Nocturnal Carnations
İlyas Tunç
Poems by İlyas Tunç
Isaiah Khotseng
Seyalemoya
J. Martin Labuschagne
Utoponil: A Breakthrough in the Treatment of Xenophobia
Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah
Four Poems
Jacob Mawela
Keep it?
Jana van Niekerk
Boa Morte
Jean-Francois Kouadio
The Liberation in Question
Jemima Meyer
Two Poems by Jemima Meyer
Jennifer Rees
Poems by Jennifer Rees
Jim Pasqual Augustin
Three poems by Jim Pasqual Augustin
John Carse
The Serious Moonlight
This Season of Grieving
Toxic
John Eppel
Two Poems by John Eppel
John Simon
Composer at Large: Diary/Memoir
Joop Bersee
Poems – Joop Bersee
Poems by Joop Bersee
Three poems by Joop Bersee
Josaya Muianga
For What Reasons?
Two Poems by Josaya Muianga
Josephine Bonaparte
This Last Embrace in Darkness
Julia Glenday
Just this:
Karabelo Mofokeng
Four poems by Karabelo Mofokeng
Karen Jennings
Away From the Dead
Kgaogelo Lekota
Fede, Chillas le Magenge
Khadija Sharife
self-curated, pixelated
Two poems by Khadija Sharife
your mother is just your mother
Khanyile Mlotshwa
Poems by Khanyile Mlotshwa
Kharys Ateh Laue
House-Sitting in Makhanda
Kharys Laue
Two Poems by Kharys Laue
Kirby Mania
White-gilt
Kulturekool
Thuto Ke Lesedi
Kyle Allan
Poems by Kyle Allan
Three poems by Kyle Allan
Two poems by Kyle Allan
Two poems by Kyle Allan
L.O. Monene
Walk Sister Walk
Lara Potgieter
Two poems by Lara Potgieter
Lazola Pambo
The Burning Season
Lehlohonolo Shale
A tribute to Harry
Revolutionary Heritage
Tribute to Sibongile Khumalo: Artistic Excellence Across Cultures
Leigh Templeton
Poems by Leigh Templeton
Len Verwey
We would not put it past us
Lendyll Naicker
In the Middle
Lepota Cosmo
Colibri for a girl
Lezel Van Den Berg
Passie
Linda Loubscher
Identity (crisis)
Lindiwe Mpofu
2 poems by Lindiwe Mpofu
Lionel Murcott
Born from his Head
In Die Museumhuis
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Lisa-Marie Labercensie
Mysterious Girl
Mysterious Girl
Liyema Mkabile
Doek: Black and female
Lizo Mkhize
Good Morning, Tony
Midnight
Llaka Tshesane
Two poems by Llaka Tshesane
Londiwe Majozi
Two poems by Londiwe Majozi
Loyiso Lindani
Iphupha
Lunette Elle Warren
Poems by Lunette Elle Warren
Three poems by Lunette Elle Warren
M. Labuschagne
Miscegenation
Maakomele (Mak) Manaka
Poems by Maakomele (Mak) Manaka
Two Poems by Maakomele (Mak) Manaka
Makhosazana Xaba
The storytelling jug
Three poems by Makhosazana Xaba
Mandla Malandela
Two poems by Mandla Malandela
Mandy Mitchell
On The Road (between Ixopo and Kokstad)
On The Road (between Ixopo and Kokstad)
Mark Espin
President Zuma, The Market and the Spectre of Culture
Martin Labuschagne
die rewolusie het uitgereën
My Erfenis is in sy Moer
Maseeeng Papashane
Elixir
Matome Senyolo
The Famous Love Letter
Matthew Hodges and Sander Timmermans
m.h.’s
Matthews Phosa
Now we, too, ride in limousines
Mbali Mashiya
SAD
Mbizo Mzamane
Mthwa and Hlubi
Mboneni Ike Muila
Three poems by Mboneni Ike Muila
Two Poems by Mboneni Ike Muila
Meghan Venter
Consciously Unconscious
Mick Raubenheimer
Poems by Mick Raubenheimer
Mihailovich-Dickman
Poems by Vera Mihailovich-Dickman
Mike Alfred
Mourning Poems by Mike Alfred
Three poems by Mike Alfred
Two Poems by Mike Alfred
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Mike Cope
Lago
Mike Dickman
an almost sestina lente
Mike Weeder
Poems by Mike Weeder
Three poems by Mike Weeder
Mlungisi Tshabangu
Two stories by Mlungisi Tshabangu
Moeain Arend
To Peter
Molefi Lebone
Does our ruin benefit the earth?
Monde Mdodana
Sex is the Opium of The People
The Left Hand of Prophecy (Part One)
The Left Hand of Prophecy (Part Two: The Perpetual Raising versus Christian Prayer)
The Outsider
Moses Mtileni
Moses Mtileni: tribute and poems
Poem by Moses Mtileni
Moses Seletiša
Another Woman is Dead
Mphae Charmaine Mashifane
Hells
Two Poems by Mphae Charmaine Mashifane
Mphutlane wa Bofelo
Everybody can Babble but not every Little Brat has the Strategic Network Cable
Four poems by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo
James Matthews: Still Kicking Butt @ 77
sometimes i am just a body
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Mpumi Cilibe
Weeds
Murambi
Damien’s Shoes
Making a Woman
One Hundred Days
The Wrath of the Dead: Extract from The Shadow of Imana
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Musa Gift Masombuka
Poems by Musa Gift Masombuka
Myesha Jenkins
Myesha Jenkins – Tribute
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Nabeela Kajee
Two poems by Nabeela Kajee
Natalie Railoun
Accelerate
Poems by Natalie Railoun
Poems by Natalie Railoun
Three poems by Natalie Railoun
Natasha Marrian
Round
Natasha Moodley
Encounters with Greed
Ndaba Sibanda
In Search Of Elusive Answers
Stha`s Chosen Dilemma
The Good Shepherd And His Sheep
Two Poems by Ndaba Sibanda
Nica Cornell
Four poems by Nica Cornell
Nkateko Maluleke
Two poems by Nkateko Maluleke
Nkateko Masinga
the language of blood / rooi taal
Noel King
Czardas
Two Poems by Noel King
Nomathemba Thafeni
Once upon a man
Nozipho Madlala
Denial of the heart
Omen Gapare
Mr. Clover
Onalenna Jantjie
Beneath the surface
Past
Palesa Mazamisa
A Day In August
Pamela Tommy
Maggie
Partha Sarkar
Be Alert to be Dead
How is the knife ?
I put aside when I find
Two Poems by Partha Sarkar
Patricia Schonstein
Scorched Earth and the Template of the Dispossessed
Peter Horn
Poems by Peter Horn
Phelelani Makhanya
Three Poems by Phelelani Makhanya
Tiptoed
Two Poems
Phozisa Mkele
I was in love with a psycho
Rachel Chitofu
The Bliss in Sadness
Raeez Jacobs
Now is the hour
Poems by Raeez Jacobs
Two poems by Raeez Jacobs
Rahiem Whisgary
A Township Child
Raphael D’Abdon
Two poems by Raphael D’Abdon
Two Poems by Raphael D’Abdon
Ray Gary
The Brink of Bursting: Confessions of a Balloon Fetishist
Rethabile Masilo
Poems by Rethabile Masilo
Rick Neale
Two Poems by Rick Neale
Two Poems by Rick Neale
Rofhiwa Nelwamondo
Broken Clock
Rooi Boshielo
Poems by Rooi Boshielo
Rosamund Handler
Two poems by Rosamund Handler
Rudi Coetzer
ñ Moderne sprokie vir kinders ouer as 18
Ruth Krüger
Poems by Ruth Krüger
S Chandramohan
Poems by S Chandramohan
Sanet van Rensburg
Poems by Sanet van Rensburg
Two poems by Sanet Van Rensburg
Sarah Frost
Jazz song
The Past
Two poems by Sarah Frost
Sarah Godsell
Basket weaving
Basket weaving
Sarah Lubala
Three Poems by Sarah Lubala
Three poems by Sarah Lubala
Sihle Ntuli
Poems by Sihle Ntuli
Sparrows
Simon Murray
Poems by Simon Murray
Siphiwe Ka Ngwenya
Four poems by Siphiwe Ka Ngwenya
Sipho Reed
Homosexual Religion
Sisanda Mrwebi
Thought
Siyasanga M Tyali
Two Poems
Siza Nkosi
The Mad Man
Three Poems by Siza Nkosi
Two Poems by Siza Nkosi
Two Poems by Siza Nkosi
Sizakele Nkosi
Toward a biography of Isicamtho poet, Isabella Motadinyane
Sjaka S. Septembir
how dangerous they are, the actors!
Poems by Sjaka S. Septembir
Sphiwe ka Ngwenya
Poems by Sphiwe ka Ngwenya
Stanley Onjezani Kenani
Lilongwe at midnight
Stephen Faulkner
A Meditation on Certain Times and Places
Storme Illingworth
Imagination’s Rapture
T.S Hidalgo
Absolute happiness
Gadget Soccer Club
Rockstar
Tebello
Emotions Give Power to Words
Tembong Denis Fonge
Poems by Tembong Denis Fonge
Thabelo Luvhimbi
Poems by Thabelo Luvhimbi
Thabiso Tshowa
Black Boy Fly
Thandi Morweng
Rain Pouring in my Eyes
Thembeni Gqadu
Me Myself And I
Thokozile Madonko
Two poems by Thokozile Madonko
THULANI SHEBA
Poems by Thulani Sheba
Thulani Shiba
Three poems by Thulani Shiba
Thuto Mako
Poems by Thuto Mako
Tichaona Zindoga
Poems by Tichaona Zindoga
Tomás Sánchez Hidalgo
Poems by Tomás Sánchez Hidalgo
Tsepo Ndhlovu
The rhetoric’s of Democracy-in-transit
Unathi Slasha
You have not met a poet
Vanessa Van Gelder
Poems by Vanessa Van Gelder
Vera Mihailovish-Dickman
Two poems by Vera Mihailovish-Dickman
Vincent Lamola
Indefinite
Vonani Bila
An Interview with İlyas Tunç, a poet from Turkey
Grab and Bang – Man, Where’s the Condom? AIDS Crisis in South Africa Today
Poems by Vonani Bila
Two poems by Vonani Bila
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Wandile Ganya
Poems by Wandile Ganya
Warren Jeremy Rourke
The Silence of Roaring
Werner Klopper
Poems by Werner Klopper
Wonga W. Bottoman
Great Expectations
Xihluke Mlangeni
Keep them close
Xolani Shezzi
Marikana Beach
Yonela Gana
Two Poems by Yonela Gana
Yuan Changming
Four Love Poems for Qi Hong by Yuan Changming
Two Poems by Yuan Changming
Zahraa’ Khaki
Crystal
Drift
Feel
Metamorphocycle
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Zama Madinana
sello
Zamokuhle Madinana
Two Poems by Zamokuhle Madinana
Zukiswa Wanner
A Writer’s Lot