By Shepherd Motelebane Motelebane Last night it fell in my sleepA hushed downpour peltingThe iron roof of my languid house The stars above fadedHide behind an idle moon Serowe drinks in the darkAnd the glug … glug of herThirsty gulps is a lullabyThat sends me into slumber land Last night it fell in my sleepSerowe... Continue Reading →
By Dr. Teedzani Thapelo i speak into the void and the void screams back at menot with a voice but with pixels and codes,fingers fly, thumbs swipe eyes locked in glowing boxes;everything is here but nothing is real. i miss the touch of skin the warmth of a smilewhere did you go human?buried in wires... Continue Reading →
By Melissa Morapedi I have never seen a sand dune,but I think I have an ideaof how my life would have looked as one… See, my life as a sand dune would have started out as calmwith the love and light I received from my moon and sun.Every waking moment, filled with warm rays and... Continue Reading →
By Ophadile Gofhamodimo The first time is a sunriseA horizon untouched by doubtA golden thread of lightWeaving itself into the fabric of my purpose-That first winA seed buried deepWaiting to burst into BloomWith the rain of beliefI am In It to Win It I felt it thenAs I feel it nowThe heartbeat of the earth... Continue Reading →
By Rebaone K. Motsumi I remember the first time I saw you performPalpitations had my heart beating out of syncI wanted to print all of it in inkThe eight year old in me was mesmerisedHeld in awe by the true artistry categorisedBy your expertiseHow I loved your performance! You held a hoe in your right... Continue Reading →
By Angel Joseph We all wear skins, so different, so true,In hues of the earth, from every view.Some are as light as the soft morning sun,Others are dark, like the night that’s just begun. Each skin a story, a history so deep,A tapestry woven from promises we keep.Some born of lands with the brightest gold,Others... Continue Reading →
By Cynthia Thanda As you click your computerBrowsing through the liesFabricated to erase my lifeKnow that I am somewhereUnder the sizzling sandsThat now suffocate my land. My rotting body lies on the groundIt’s a feast for the flies all aroundWhile my son clutchesMy corpse, crying for his father. Don’t forget it’s your silence that killed... Continue Reading →
Akim Mbwemanga “Later, later,” I cried.Mother Nature smiledKnowing precisely all that’s meant to be,Everything her spouse had in store for me,“Do it later,” I said, unfortunately. Father Time grinned,“He said later?”He burst into laughter“Doesn't he know I'm fleeting?”His tone was clear, I had sinned. “Do it later,” I saidWith pride swelling around my headForgetting that's... Continue Reading →
By Angel Joseph I wish you cheated, broke my heart in two,Left a stain so deep, I could hate you.I wish you lied, said cruel things in spite,So I’d have a reason to block you at night. But you were kind, and that’s what hurts most,No slam of the door, no haunting ghost.You walked away... Continue Reading →
By Ronald Tlhokojapelo I. i. Every nation carries its secretslike the red mist that billowsfrom the half-glance of the sunat the break of a pocketed dawn. This is Kopong,where the shepherd has penned his sheep,each bud has begun to sproutand the grooms stand; their flowers plucked. A land began to breathe.Clothed in a cradle of... Continue Reading →
Petlwana Journal of Creative Literature and the Arts 