Poetry

"...This rain was very small, tiny, close to none..."

"...like the first drops of rain after years lost in a desperate desert..."

"...the new normal is the abnormal..."

"...a glimmer of someone I feel I know..."

"...we check our antibodies at the door..."

"...we can free each other from phantom cages..."

"...Knight in shining armor! How could you?..."

"...Poems or prose, fresh, never insular..."

"...Is the feeder more famished than the fed?..."

"...If I don't feel much in love anymore..."

"...of termites and serpents slithering into the backyard..."

"...tell me the extent of your dreaming..."

Banqobile Virginia Dakamela, a poet from Zimbabwe, shares with us her words during these times of lockdown ...

"...LOOK THERE AT THAT CRACK!..."

"You are my most excellent of addictions..."

"...Making notes of my life, telling my story..."

"...demented saga greater than Beowulf..."

A poem in visual art.

"...fatherly roles are not chauvinist..."

Dale Ashauer writes poems and stories that sometimes almost make sense. He enjoys a good edit.

"...Knight in shining armor! You betrayed A nation, a race, a faith..."

"...This present moment in time Is the greatest gift of all..."

"...spirit in the moon..."

"...The moments passed, The circle completed..."

"...no rose tinted lenses to obscure my view from the cheap seats..."

"...I discovered your existence bit by bit --..."

"...There where the temple of the gods is in their heads..."

"...every day she yelled out names, words..."

Bethel Abiy, born on April 12, 2003, is a young poet, a very creative and open-minded artist. She was born and raised in Ethiopia by her mother Miss Hana and father Mr. Abiy. She is the author of "Freedom" which was released on February 25.

"The gravel road led to an abandoned skeletal shed..."