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Tag Archives: poetry

1 [mass noun] literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.

2 the best poetry from Doek!.

1 July 20251 July 2025 Jedidja KakuvaIn Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown

Man Enough Smile less. Speak less. Feel less.

1 July 20251 July 2025 Johannes ShikongoIn Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown

The Ombindu That Remains Of Us I am a passerby, a shadow in motion, and he is a sentinel of memory.

1 July 20251 July 2025 Vekondjisa Nosipho KatusuvaIn Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown

Aminus: Pos 11 Did the land weep when my grandparents died?

1 July 20251 July 2025 Jedidja KakuvaIn Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown

When I Wake Up A soft breath before the world stirs. Outside, shadows cling to the air.

1 July 20251 July 2025 Johannes ShikongoIn Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown

The Algorithm Of Fading Fathers When the sky cracks does the ground taste its grief?

1 July 20251 July 2025 Vekondjisa Nosipho KatusuvaIn Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown

Identity Why did the Herero girl stop singing her people’s hymns?

1 July 20251 July 2025 Amanda GunnIn Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown

Diagnostic III Lean forward. Stop breathing.

1 July 20251 July 2025 Amanda GunnIn Issue 15: The Throne And The Crown

Elegy At 2 A.M. I dream that it’s a weeknight and you are alive again.

30 December 202430 December 2024 Ethel MafwilaIn Issue 14: Turipamwe

To Be Forgotten There are things my shadow could not begin to whisper.

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