Botsotso

Botsotso Literary Journal

Vol. 22

Poetry

  1. Rain at home by Jean Watermeyer
  2. An invitation by Jean Watermeyer
  3. An empty bottle of water in the morning by Partha Sarkar
  4. Everything is needed when I am alive by Partha Sarkar
  5. Comes my old mother… by Partha Sarkar
  6. Babylon by Bokang Kamvenhle
  7. Born at 76 by Rosemund Handler
  8. Olding by Rosemund Handler
  9. I write poetry by Bradley N Moyo
  10. The Borrowed Poem by Bradley N Moyo
  11. I know why the cock cries every morning by Bradley N Moyo
  12. Bea’s spoon by Casey Golomski
  13. Hospital Street by Carla Chiat
  14. I told you by Jana van Niekerk
  15. Sandwich by Jana van Niekerk
  16. Restitution by Jana van Niekerk
  17. Nakhu Ukuphila (Our healing) by Poppioe Ntaka
  18. Umthandazo wokuvula (By the waters of our friendship) by Poppioe Ntaka
  19. Usho uma usufikile (Let me know when you get home) by Poppioe Ntaka
  20. Isidlo esiyovuka ngaso (Breaking Fast) by Poppioe Ntaka
  21. Ngikufonela ngo-one bar, ngilokhu nginqamuka… (My phone’s battery is running low, I keep getting disconnected during our call…) by Poppioe Ntaka
  22. Aba ndawonye (Kin) by Poppioe Ntaka
  23. Isipheko (An offering) by Poppioe Ntaka
  24. Uze ungilinde ngaphesheya (Please wait for me on the other side) by Poppioe Ntaka
  25. Okuyofika (For what is to come) by Poppioe Ntaka
  26. Umthandazo wokuvala (Closing Prayer) by Poppioe Ntaka
  27. Hope is the peanut butter sandwich and tea my brother is making by Abigail George
  28. After listening to Leonard Cohen’s Suzanne, I revised the following poem by Abigail George
  29. Open your eyes, a genocide is taking place by Abigail George
  30. Morning by Ming Yue
  31. Afternoon Nap by Ming Yue
  32. Fairy Tale Dream in the Sunlight by Ming Yue
  33. Threnody for a Queen in Four Parts – a short opera Christine Coates by Christine Coates
  34. To live by Khadija Sharife
  35. 4 days ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn by Khadija Sharife
  36. Walking by Yue Wang
  37. A peculiar flower by Yue Wang
  38. The partita of the night by Yue Wang
  39. The Path by Yue Wang
  40. Sacrifice by Yue Wang
  41. Event by Yue Wang
  42. Mid-Autumn Festival Night in Rome by Yue Wang
  43. 下午 (Afternoon) by 徐明睿 (Xu Mingrui)
  44. EMPTY BELLIES TREMBLE BEFORE THE ABYSS by Allan Kolski Horwitz
  45. I BURN/YOU POISON: GREEN/YELLOW by Allan Kolski Horwitz
  46. FOOD BOMBS by Allan Kolski Horwitz
  47. From the mountain by Eduard Burle
  48. Fragments by Eduard Burle
  49. A partial history ii by Eduard Burle
  50. Folklore by Eduard Burle