A
Living Unconsciously
Abrahamse, Renataé
Innocence Gone
Shattered Soul
Adams, Karen
I Don’t Want to Say
The River
Alberts, Carel
Family Tree
Groundfish
Allen, Libby
A Time to Bloom
Only Meant to Protect Myself
Uprooted
Ali, Nasima
Hateful World
Anthony, Neressa
Still, Yet Not
Augustine, Derrek Anthony
B
A Tale to Tell
Batista, Marcelle
My Oupatjie
Belcher, Douglas
The Mirror
Belcher, Irene (Bagg)
Pretoria
Recycle Day
Trees
Beyers, Marike
Nameless in Death
Transference
Bosenberg, Erin
What is Music?
Burton, Yvonne
C
Melancholy
Sorrow
Spring Serenade
Castell, Robin
Monster to Myself
Charles, Marco
Evergreen
Oil of Blood
Chukwunonso, Ezeiyoke
Daily Living
Criscuolo, Giulia
D
Cut my Manhood
Dabula, Nkululeko Masai
I Remember
Davids, Bernice
Felicity Blue
Fledgling
De Lisle, Michael
An Indictment
Dludla, David
F
Shards
You
Fensham, John
Veldsong
Fleming, Ross Ian
G
Chemistry
Freedom’s Phalanx
Goulding, Sandy
Death
My Restless Ear
Green, Hannah
H
Our Father
Pipe Dream
To Whom it May Concern:
Hardie, Frances
Fern Kloof
Neighbours
Wedding Anniversary
Holloway, Suenel
J
Hear Me Now
Labyrinth
Reconstruction
Jacobs, Marié
A Boy
Lifesong
Spiritual Shrapnel
John, Zena
K
Epileptic Life
Khosa, Abigail
Acushla*
Fine Line
Romance in Four Seasons
King, Margaret
Stutter
Unquiet
Kirk, Shaun
Shine
You Rock My Socks and Paint My Skies with Rainbows
Koenig, Jean-Michel
L
Letter to Sacred Ibis
Treachery
What I Know
Lashbrooke, Mea
Thanksgiving
Leshilo, Mosa
Exile
Pieces
Lesicnik, Laina
Born to be Different
Lyons, Lyndol
M
Evolving Friendships
Mabaso, Nokubonga
Step-Cousins and Out-Laws
The Family in the Skype
MacRobert, Marguerite
Taxi Operator’s Song
The Planet’s Missive
Madikiza, Diliza L .
Penguin at Boulders
Martin, Andrew
Sweet Miranda
Matlala, Thamkazi
Galapagos Islands
Mbuma, Sonwabile
South Africa My Mother
Mdakane, Lihle
Royal Tour
Works and Days
Merrington, Peter
Every Day of the Week and Twice on the Weekend
Land o f My Creation
Metu, Akona
Break of Broke
Mhlongo, Simlindile Ziphezinhle
Waking
Miller, Tana
Soap Operas
The Long Walk Home for a Street Dweller
Mkhize, Zanoxolo Mnqobi
Hope
Wealth
Moloto, Nancy
He Pleaded Ignorance
One Version of the Road
What He Did
Moolman, Kobus
A Poet’s Confused Heaven
Neon Lights
Mutsinda, Netshitungulu
N
Death of an Abused Woman
Naicker, Ugeshnee
Fanta Grape
Ndava, Erick
M.O.N.D.E.
Take a Bow
Ndlovu, Precious
Grandma’s Hands
Ndziweni, Bonga
Heightened Awareness
Official Position
Nel, Carl Olen
Cul-de-sac
They All Saw Him Coming
Nel, Waylon
Blind Date
Hot April Night
Save Us from Ourselves
Newham, Pamela
Thank You
Nkomo, Lindelani Curtis
Blueprints
Conversation with a Beat
Ntuli, Sihle
The Inconsolable
Nwanekah, Godfrey
P
Feelings
If I Hated
The Evil in the Eyes
Padayachee, Deena
The Naughties
Unusual African
Palfi, Benike
Night Guard
Pellatt, Julian
Dressing for a Funeral
Redeeming London
Sunday Afternoon at Noordhoek Beach
Powers, Donald
African Prophets
Dustceawing
Pridmore, Julie
R
The Lake of Fire
Ragwala, Eric
Lily-Livered
X
Raliphada, Lufuno
Laugh, Keep It Light
Life’s Dichotomy
Ravenhill, Doris
Asylum X
Ringwood, Ian
S
How to Disappear Completely
The Irresistible Conflagration
Sampson, Jody
Cut Glass
The Longest Goodbye
Segers, Alan Peter
Am I Disgraced by Your Shame?
The Family Fight
Shepley, Lauren Anne
Clouds
December
Shreve, Emile
Teresa
Smit, Paul
Crossing the Border
Steyn, Karin
Death
I Painted
Stuart, Toni
T
Address It or Regret It
Tjongarero, Nikolai
Be a Brother and Not a Bother
My Incapacitated Motherland
Vigilantes Gone Beserk
Tlharipe, Tebogo
I Am Human, I Have Rights
Our Roots are Speaking
Tshauambea, Ndou Elizabeth
V
Is It Just or Injustice?
Who will Police the Police?
Vambire, Gerald
Nocturne
Requiem
Van Rooyen, Leunis
A Voice
My Pride
Vazi, Bathandwa
Crwel Wold
Greatest Son of Africa
Venter, Marthinus (MCHV)
Food for Thought
Venter, Ria
Shipwrecked Heart
Verhoeven, Emma
W
Addo Elephants
Predictive Text
Salem
Warren, Crystal
Reserved
These Words
Wentworth, Michael
The Friends
Williams, Chris
Sun of Freedom
Williams, Dylan
Crockery
Jo’burg Thunderstorm
Walking Home
Wilsenach, Rouan
Becoming One with Nothingness
Exposed
Wilson, Adele
For All the Times
Wiid, Ivor
Z
Dad
The Farm
Zeeman, Grady
Black Hole
Zulu, Lungelo Sibongile
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