There’s a new wave of huddled masses Streaming through our ports Strangers, who bear the full weight of our fears “Drive them away” Is the war-cry of so-called natives From the sons and daughters of old travelers “Terrorist” Is scrawled… Read More ›
Writers
Eazy-E by Isiah Williams
Eazy-E A strong voice of his time But it wasn’t just his motivating rhymes It was the fight against cops and their crimes He helped with the case of Rodney King But of course the judge just gave it a… Read More ›
Pretend by C. J. Clark
After long, hot days Of careful breathing Heaven waited In the white light Of believing The eyes of joy Would soon shut tight Around soft wing beats Of silence in flight, Still, the earth Would hold me here Without a… Read More ›
The Witch Doctor by Sue Lobo
He lives in thatched hut, deep within the African bush,where beasts die of thirst & vultures swoop in a whoosh,his hut is dark & hot & smells of roots, herbs & bloody pelts, and in his three legged cauldron, his… Read More ›
Tuesday’s Gone – Collaboration
Meet me at the crossing Of borrowed time, I’ll tell you about freedom, About illusion, The bane of life… A life where Stereotypes run rampant Your skin makes you a target Religion purges the evident… If a heart were bullets,… Read More ›
Longing and Desire by James F. Cunningham
She was the girl next door, Who came over to play. He did his best to ignore, Sometimes he’d run away. He always liked her smile, In a way, they were friends. She had such a unique style, On her,… Read More ›
The Hallucination of Nonexistence by Heath Brougher
Access to the axis of excess of thought. You expressed disappointment at this particular point in the appointment. I noticed a hesitant resentment immanently resonant like an aura’s transcendent remnant emanates over the interstate into the Pool of Placation and… Read More ›
Mystic Universe by Hela Jenayah Tekali
I have visited all places But none to my taste I made many encounters Been to the temples of inspiration But yours is the best To eat the food of wisdom I wandered in the deserts of loneliness, Like a… Read More ›
Dorothy by Jacqui Slade
Spiraling through dreams, hurricanes of mind searching for something that you cannot find. In wistful tornadoes a wish is blown over the rainbow, you find yourself thrown. Living in colour avenging the grey in wonder wayfarer finding your way through… Read More ›
House of Clay by Karla Botha
Depression is repression, You make me open up my doors, A beautiful conflict presides inside, A whirlwind that’s now yours. So sorry to say, Contradicting issues mucks up my mind, Anger blinded crusade, For innocence, I’ll never find. Don’t let… Read More ›
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