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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 September 20231 September 2023 Doek! Literary MagazineIn Issue 11: The Stillness

Into The Graveyard Into the place where time gathers.

1 September 20231 September 2023 Pauline Buhlebenkosi NdhlovuIn Issue 11: The Stillness

In An Old Gift Bag There is little remembrance of that moment.

19 May 202319 May 2023 Kina IndongoIn Issue 10: The Struggle

How Things Are And How They Happen I’m only staying because he’s not a liar, he doesn’t know the truth.

19 May 202319 May 2023 Frieda MukufaIn Issue 10: The Struggle

Love, Reimagined I've come to realise that love is putting pride aside.

19 May 20237 April 2024 Veripuami Nandee KangumineIn Issue 10: The Struggle

The Jackal Who Prepares You For Marriage Everyone pretends not to notice the way Big Uncle says your name.

19 May 202319 May 2023 Charmaine //GamxamusIn Issue 10: The Struggle

A New Song What a painful mess, a mutilation, a slow death.

19 May 202319 May 2023 Keith VriesIn Issue 10: The Struggle

Jamal He monitors movement with the count of his breath and the deaths that precede and follow it.

19 May 202319 May 2023 Kina IndongoIn Issue 10: The Struggle

Our Last Conversation She’s shifting from known to strange, from safe to red, glowing ember.

19 May 202319 May 2023 Charmaine //GamxamusIn Issue 10: The Struggle

Tonight I Am The Ocean I existed long before you and I will continue to be long after you disintegrate.

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