New Poetry by Jana van Niekerk
Jana van Niekerk is a South African writer living in Cape Town. Her short stories and poetry appear in multiple journals including New Coin, New Contrast, Botsotso and Aerodrome and in collections such as For the Duration (brought out by Botsotso in 2015) and The Garden of the Beloved (the 2021 McGregor Poetry Festival Anthology). She has also published children’s books and romance novellas under different names.
Ubuhle bengqondo yigolide
Ubuhle Bengqondo Yigolide
by Sintu Mdludla Mavi.
Mhle njenge ndalo kwaye unenkathalo,
Elalin’ uthandwa nanguthathatha
Kuba ligqiyazana elinesimilo
Ubuhlakani kuye sisithethe.
Mhla ndiqal’ … Read more
Fi Red
Fi Red
by Lehlohonolo Shale.
Listening to Luciano in the mourning
At the Khaya Corner
Selling fruit&veg with a passion
Fi Red
Poetry … Read more
9 poems – Partha Sarkar
(9 poems)
by Partha Sarkar
It has showered symbolically, just before
It has showered symbolically.
Has returned home the boat leaving
The sultry … Read more
Our smiles
by Zolani Kupe
Our Smiles
Our smiles
Are a perfect
Natural beauty
Even though
Our mouths
Are like a
Horse’s hooves.
So You … Read more