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From the clematis bower and the twisted brake Bring every blowing bud you can trace, But you will never find a flower That compares to a Ghanaian Rose. Even though it is rural and alone, It [...]

Syllables, they said, One-two-three, A meter made. Feet, at times three, So stressed! A pentameter, short , long. A whole five feet, not less, Two and a half people? So confused, no more fun; So [...]

  Welcome to this February edition, readers! I am thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with the 2022 African Writers Award Winner (Poetry Genre), the multi-talented Temwani Mgunda. A [...]

Hunger, Oppression, War! Why did you rob her? She had it all; she owned them all Yes! But she cannot show them all They have been perforated Perforated by her children Whom after she had nursed [...]

In search of grass, greener I ruminate. My fatherland is deep rooted in manure yet the gardeners fail to water it. I tried to weed my portion But they sent locusts to eat my sprouting seed [...]

We still talk sometimes Drown ourselves in that perfumed sea of nostalgia Gnawing at times that were And those that are yet to be Slithering calmly through these gardens of memory. It’s different [...]

On this raffia mat, while monsoon winds blow over me, I dream of a land afloat white with snow Some icy coldness hitting my face and feet, With an attire like an eskimo to ward it off. I seek to [...]

In the broken bottles are men By marital issues; overweighed. drowning dreams in streams of fermented drinks, bodies ashamed of their roles in an existence captive to a cycle of recurring [...]

Oh, how empty the sofa looks! No one to sit in them to read some books The garden untended, The flowers unwatered. The breeze from the sea Whispers across the balcony, The windows slap each other [...]

Beginnings On the internet, there are thousands of “formal definitions” of poetry begging to be read. That is not our concern. Our focus shall be on the meaning of poetry sifted from lived [...]