Botsotso Literary Journal
Vol. 22
Poetry
- Rain at home by Jean Watermeyer
- An invitation by Jean Watermeyer
- An empty bottle of water in the morning by Partha Sarkar
- Everything is needed when I am alive by Partha Sarkar
- Comes my old mother… by Partha Sarkar
- Babylon by Bokang Kamvenhle
- Born at 76 by Rosemund Handler
- Olding by Rosemund Handler
- I write poetry by Bradley N Moyo
- The Borrowed Poem by Bradley N Moyo
- I know why the cock cries every morning by Bradley N Moyo
- Bea’s spoon by Casey Golomski
- Hospital Street by Carla Chiat
- I told you by Jana van Niekerk
- Sandwich by Jana van Niekerk
- Restitution by Jana van Niekerk
- Nakhu Ukuphila (Our healing) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Umthandazo wokuvula (By the waters of our friendship) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Usho uma usufikile (Let me know when you get home) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Isidlo esiyovuka ngaso (Breaking Fast) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Ngikufonela ngo-one bar, ngilokhu nginqamuka… (My phone’s battery is running low, I keep getting disconnected during our call…) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Aba ndawonye (Kin) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Isipheko (An offering) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Uze ungilinde ngaphesheya (Please wait for me on the other side) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Okuyofika (For what is to come) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Umthandazo wokuvala (Closing Prayer) by Poppioe Ntaka
- Hope is the peanut butter sandwich and tea my brother is making by Abigail George
- After listening to Leonard Cohen’s Suzanne, I revised the following poem by Abigail George
- Open your eyes, a genocide is taking place by Abigail George
- Morning by Ming Yue
- Afternoon Nap by Ming Yue
- Fairy Tale Dream in the Sunlight by Ming Yue
- Threnody for a Queen in Four Parts – a short opera Christine Coates by Christine Coates
- To live by Khadija Sharife
- 4 days ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn by Khadija Sharife
- Walking by Yue Wang
- A peculiar flower by Yue Wang
- The partita of the night by Yue Wang
- The Path by Yue Wang
- Sacrifice by Yue Wang
- Event by Yue Wang
- Mid-Autumn Festival Night in Rome by Yue Wang
- 下午 (Afternoon) by 徐明睿 (Xu Mingrui)
- EMPTY BELLIES TREMBLE BEFORE THE ABYSS by Allan Kolski Horwitz
- I BURN/YOU POISON: GREEN/YELLOW by Allan Kolski Horwitz
- FOOD BOMBS by Allan Kolski Horwitz
- From the mountain by Eduard Burle
- Fragments by Eduard Burle
- A partial history ii by Eduard Burle
- Folklore by Eduard Burle
Fiction
- Balondemu: The Chosen Conqueror by Joshua Omeke
- Extract from the novel: The Home We Built by Betty Phanzu
- Cake by Jade Campbell
- Cathy’s First Time by Thabiso Tshowa
- Scatterlings of Africa by Lawrence Winkler
- The Wayward Ways of Lydia Hayworth by Fiyola Hoosen-Steele
- What the Trumpeter Said by Karl Luntta
- Whine of a Dog by Rory Kilalea