My Last Ink by Zizwe The Poet

Lonesome me writing this poem
In this desolated tiresome room
With only a deck,a paper
And a pen in my hand
A robe hanging from the roof
With a hungry circle at the end
Ready to hug my neck for the last
And send me to my ancestors
The spectrum swaying of the robe
Brings back all the times I failed
When I was trying to reach my goals
When I was about to touch my destination
When my heart lost all the happiness
And love.

The robe echo keep on saying
"Get in your time is ended"
It isn't even giving me the chance
To finshing my rhapsody poem
But I don't blame you robe
Because we made the harmony
To give me a lift to my mother
I know it's gonna be painful
When I execute myself with you robe
Taking few last kick,climbing higher
Above the sky to meet the love
I lost years ago
But to me robe you're like a fragrance
Because I'm ready for you now.

I had enough on this world of grieve
Await for me robe
I'm all yours,just give me sometime
Let me pen down all my heart
Let me drop my last ink
Finishing my poem
Write a goodbye-love letter
To my lover
Send goodbye to the world
And tells them
That I'm hanging myself

©ZIZWE_THE_POET

Shattered by Nkulie

Where did it all go?
The joy,ecstasy and zeal of writing?
Rarely spent a second typing,
As the words were gushing out of my mind.
Memories & fantasies;
Experiences & symphonies...
You name it.

It all made stanzas and sentences that made me feel confident.
What happened?
To the poetic girl with an unforgettable smile.
A phenomenal smell.
With rabbit teeth that made her cute and innocent.
The prettiest girl who never settled for less and never a cent. Yes,school smart and a genius;
Yet not street smart and sagacious.

Was she lonely?
Thought she was just acting holy!
Smiling to the whole world like she's happy,
When it was all a facade to hide the lonely Emily.
Broken hearted;
Scarred yet golden.
Every good morning turned into a night mourning.
Slowly draining and wasting,
She always pulled it together for those split seconds,
Just so the people can see that Emily is ambitious.

Where have you been lady?
Lady in black during the night and white during the day;
Filled with joy and cracking with laughter when the Sun's up,
And a pillow soaked in tears during the night time nap.
Eyes filled with pain and sorrow during the meet and greet of all times. However,no one would tell and ask bout all the tear-stained cheeks.

I'm shattered.
However, I don't want the past
To reflect on what I've planned.
Let it stay behind;
So I'll live my life,
In my lonely hive.

©Nkullie

Phoenix by Jahlil

Phoenix

Windows with open curtains
Letting light in
To the floors and I'm in the middle.
Spotlighted, are all my flaws
My hand is jammed like tetanus jaws,
I can't even write at all.
They try to inspire me,
So hard to make me feel
Like I'm wrong and all.

I hold the pen
And stare blankly at this blank page.
My mind drifts
In search of what my heart feels.
Enigmatic emotions
So deep that my brain sinks.
Its all blackness of the abyss;
The death of CliffSin.
A man has to die to live,
Incinerate like a Phoenix
To be birth from the ashes.

I feel my heartbeat weaken
With every thump,
The cyanide in my blood
Flowing to the very tips of my toes and thumbs;
I'm freezing with every second that flies by.
Writer's block is a mausoleum,
And CliffSin lies here.
Ras Jahlil was born from ashes,
The eternal son of the soil
Living in the shadow of the old
Physical form.

In as much as I am me,
I am not him.
I Am He
Who forges worlds when he speaks,
He who builds cities paper with a pen,
He who is second to Jesus the Son Of Man,
He who rattles the ground with prayer and threatens hell,
He who tells Lucifer Morningstar to back off dead in the face,
He with authority over fish, birds and all beasts that tread the land,
He who can walk on water, only by faith,
He who can move mountains, uproot tree's and sky scrapers,
He with strength that all spirits fear
Endowed by the God
Who prophesied upon Mount Zion.
I am Ras Jahlil,
A better version of the dead CliffSin.

The rise of the Phoenix,
Perched on the Primeval Mount
Rising from the eternal waters.
The son of the soil,
The son of God,
The soul of Ra, the Egyptian sun god,
I stand for light.
I am Feng-Huang, the element of fire,
That same fire that fell from Heaven to devour
Bull, flesh and bone, stone and false prophet alike,
That same fire that ignited the horses that carried Elijah
To Zion, alive.
I am Ras Jahlil,
Who carried the nest of myrrh
Bearing the carcass of the dead CliffSin to Heliopolis.
I am Ras Jahlil,
The better version of the dead CliffSin.

©RasJahlil2017

He Left The Door Open

I could hear him getting through the cracked door
As I sat in pretence to be deaf towards Nqubeko Mbatha's "Thula Du"
A lullaby to my tattered soul.
Taken from heavenly corners since it always told my spirit to fear not, Tears are just a passing storm
Oh my soul persevere
Death almost met me while I tried holding my breath as he stood by the ajar door
Trying to regain composure
from the thunderous knock
My eyes;
They widened with fear as the door creaked opened.
Though the lullaby still soothed my soul, peace was profound in me
Darkness hovered the colorful sky as the sun was setting
He came home inebriated
Shoved the portal of my bedroom
In his right hand;
The right hand that declared he's a man
The right hand that had made him felt like he is a king
The same right hand that had neutralized my spirit,
Was a sjambok, his weapon;
His weapon that had annihilated my body for days and had blemished my dignity eternally.
I knew right there that I was yet to get blows for I was where he'd destress
I was yet
To be blown into his wretched world and he left the door open..
His vehement countenance frightening to descry
My whole body was trembling with intimidation at the vision of his giant body
His feet shuffled roughly on the carpet as he came closer
Yanked me off and sent my head crushing against the wall
And for a minute,
I was in total darkness but I didn't mind
I did not even feel any pain, I was used to it
I laid helplessly on the floor
My head pinned down by his foot
Facing the door, incapable of motion
Feeling less conscious, with slothful eyes I saw a specter..
A beauteous specter standing at the door with pretty eyes;
"My baby, honey, look how big you've grown ! My sweet child, I am here.. I will never leave you, it's gonna be okay. Shush now shush.." she said with a familiar beautiful, assuring smile
She lulled me to sleep; then it vanished.
It was my Mother.
For a moment I was ecstatic.
I was numb and I could not shift forward because I was so happy.
No, I didn't want this sweven to end.. it was my only hope
I then wondered why she was gone too soon,
Why Jesus left me behind and took only her to be with Him
It felt like my soul was slowly leaping out of my body through my mouth and the body was limping .
But all that was in my shattered mind.
My mind was still trying to sort things out; I was derailed.
"My Mom has been here.. or what was it that had happened ?"
I kenned, still looking at the door he left opened.

©#IamFisiwe_ThePoetess_ and Bandile, 2017

A Love Story by Poet Chie

Her love is like an alchemy
It elevates me to mysterious levels
The whispers at the balcony
Does some inevitable change, thy soul is fed
Its power is so peril
Her smile kills me for it's the unique ilk
I'd even give you the owner to perforate through my thoughts
You'll find only you engraved
I bare no faults and that I'm sure

There are times where my love seems puerile
You just ensure I don't lose morals
There are times where You also feel like dying in my arms
I wonder if you'll cope with the grenades in my lips.
The poetic means of firing
Can prove to be an Arsenal to your heart

Have you ever imagined kisses in the moonlight
The lips so cherry and sweet, tempting me to go for a bite
You've turned my Shining armour in the night
I reminisce the first glance I took at you
It was all like a surreptitious
My heart felt something new
You didn't know you were wearing my favourite color blue
Your smile, fervented my desire
I made it clear I was a secret admirer
A love story began

From the bottom of my heart
I had told myself that you know what;
If this is true
I gotta feel like I'm glued
Feel lost without you
As I gaze through your eyes
I see where my future lies
The saddest part is the goodbyes from every tryst
The love story never ends
Her compassion always tempts me to bend
But the brain, makes the inevitable amends
Even though the charm I have is unabated
Kneeling on one knee and propose
Would be of less importance for she wouldn't oppose

The love story continues
You were the bow I was an arrow
We were Cupid's possessions
He would be jealous, of Us
Obviously filled with obsession
My mission was to love you
I write this with mission accomplished already put
I've never seen such celestial beauty
An Angel without wings but a staggering booty
Every time I smiled
I saw the glow reflected back from her eyes
Content! I got the perspicacious feeling on the go
This is a love story with no chapters
You got to follow it and be peruse

"Let's go for a drink"
She had asked one day
I was shocked, I couldn't blink
Then she suggested a philtre
There we were, there we lay
Filled with gallons
It felt like the love story had galloped
Back to word one
I bowed drunk and gallantly kissed her forehead
In a moment, we disappeared
'You killing me softly with your honesty'
I was amazed, my heart felt some ecstasy
She had ebbed away all miseries
What an echt of a love story this is

You are the apple of my eye
That has it's tree in the root of my heart
Sexy, I watch you walk
You like sea waves down pathways
You feel the magnetism from my eyes
Turn and wave again goodbye
Fatuous but nice
I stroll back until I see you no more
The love we have is pure
It insults jealous Dave

The stars sometimes become envious
To our always sweet night te^te-a`-te^te
I don't know whether to be surprised or mesmerized
For with words you a phat, and that I've realized
Days and months have passed
Never have our love died or failed
I might have fell
Her trip was too good to be ignored
Haters will be amazed we are still well
Their hateful hurt hearts will lead them to hell
For this love story
Has no ending

©Chisenga S, 2017

Rape Poem by Nomcebo Khumalo

Ngamemeta, Ngakhala, Ngacandvula
Ngate Ngaphelelwa ngemandla.
Ngalwa ngadlubulundzela ngachwishita,
Ngagcina ngibancenga nekubancenga
Kepha bakhetsa kungangiva.
Ngikinatelwe tandlakati taboGoliyadi,
Batse hlizi! etulu bansindza njengemadvwala ekwali,
Ngemandla nangenkhani ngangcunulwa,
Baphisela ngemigcala, bemba bahhobhota,
Ligugu lemfihlako, lelingazange selitsintfwe sandla semfokati.

Bangena baphuma.
Baphula emahlahla esibaya sababe
Bafohlo, umyango bawubona kutsi muncane
Sinyatselo nesinyatsela ngeva ematsambo afohloko
Tinyama tifinyela
Imisipha idzabuka,
Emalunga achuma, enyela.
Yachitseka ingati,
Yagombota ngemphophomo,
Yakha sitiba sentondvo yemlisa.

Batsatsisana ematfuba,
Kusemdlalweni kuyadlawa,
kudlalwa ngebomi bami,
Butfombi bami,
Ligugu lami,
Leligugu belikadze kuligcabho lami.
Kudlalwa ngebuntfu bami,
Lobu bebukadze buphelelisa bungimi bami,
Kudlawa ngeligugu lami.
Leli lebengitsi nangihamba ngibeka,
Lunyawo emva kwelunyawo,
Ngibeve boZikodze bacotfota emsamo,
Batishaye baticedze,
Basho ngenhlitiyo labanemehlo,
Batsi uyatsaba uLaNkhosi.
Kepha ngalelo langa letehlakalo,
Lelo langa ngigiliswa imikhuba,
Phansi kwemazulu, Lomdzala abukile,
Ngakubona konkhe kumbonywa lifu lesangcotfo,
Konkhe kushabalala, kusitsela ebumnyameni.

Bayihamba lendlela boFeleba,
Emahora agabanca,
Bemba ngetinhlindzi temapiki netimbo,
Buhlungu bugadla kume kujula,
Ngumtfwana wemfati njalo nje lo!
Lona lowentiwa umfati sikhatsi sisenombonombo.
Yajika inyama yatsamba, yavutfwa
Umtimba waba dzimudzimu,
Kwalala insidze,
Emehlo agcina asindwa tinkhophe,
Konkhe lokusedvute kwaba titfunti.
Ingcondvo yazula,
Umcondvo wanyamalala.
Wabuya, ngatikhandza ngidzakateke echibini.
Lichibi lengati,
Lichibi lebumnyama,
Lichibi lemaphumo nemphilo lelahlekile.
Lichibi letinyembeti letigelete tangesulwa ngumuntfu.
Ngazama kucacabuka,
Kepha lukhalo lwangesindza,
Tigameko netigigiba tangemuva,
Tadlala bayisikobho.

Sililo sacalela phansi ngisikhihla,
Sate saphetfwa sibibitfwane.
Namuhla ngititfuma ngitikhulule ngeliphayiphayi,
Kutsi ngake ngakhona kutihambela kuyinsimu,
Insimu lecocwa kugelete emabhudlo etinyembeti,
Lusizi luhalalisele ngetigubhu.
Ingani naboMenti batinhloko emakhaya abo
Tivumelwano ejele takhiwa bakhululwa.
Kepha bese kutsiwa umtsetfo wekuvikela bantfu!

© Nomcebo

Nomcebo Khumalo
# PTCA

Amagugu Ayosala Emathuneni by Poet Chie

Aw utsi utfole ligugu lenhlitiyo kani utigwaze ngesakho
Utsi utfole lutsandvo kani utfole umdlalo
Kufe kuphuke inhlitiyo
Lapho soya ekufeni
Lawo magugu asayo sala emathuneni

Kani kutsandza umuntfu yini
Kutelengisa mabomu emgibeni noma emgedzeni
Namuhla sekwaba kufakana embhedzeni
Lufa lwenhlitiyo lengkoni lutfo sikhumbuto
Ngabe sekfike bo Skhumbuzo?
Bayokupheketela emathuneni
Inhlitiyo seyfile ingcwatjwa esfubeni
Akusenama gugu sekasele impeleni
Bahlabele batsi amagugu alelive ayosala emathuneni
Ngisho kutsi kunjalo newenhlitiyo yam alapho emadlizeni

Love knows no boundaries
It also comes with miseries
Lutsandvo lolungena mkhawulo cha
Umnike
Umuntfu yena adlale Gcum Gca
Indlela yekuzuba ifane neyemakululu
Akasabambeki
Akasaceleki
Akasancengeki
Magugu enhlitiyo yam
Ayosala emathuneni esfubeni sami

Wangtjela kutsi siyofa slahlane
Washeshe wangbulala enhlitiyweni
Wangisacata
Kwase kuba kwehlukana
Bengingacabanganga
Kutsi kufa bosho lokwekbulala inhlitiyo
Angfisi nekukhumbula lemphilo
Beyimnandzi, kani wena bobhizi uydzabula ngematinyo
Nekutikhunga akusiwo mos namtfoba nhlitiyo
Ungadlali nangetinyembeti
Kutocima tinkhanyeti nenyeti
Timangala kuphukutwa tibukile
Tingshaya nge lullaby
"Amagugu alentfombi ayosala emathuneni"
Tiphindza phindze
Ngve ngatsi ngabe tiya bindza bindza
Aw impela akusenani
Emagugu sekayosala emathuneni

Lembali lebeymile engadzeni yenhlitiyo
Igucuke yaba nemanyeva yabuna
Yenta matsandza kwaba ngiyo ngiyo
Emanyeva ahlaba lakafuna khona
Lamanye ate aphukela
Yehla ingati yaba tinyembeti
Yafiphana inhlitiyo yaba njengelphepha lentelezi
Yopha kopha lokugcawlisa tindziwo
Yase iyathula
Kancane kancane
Lavuka liphimbo
Laba lincane
Kwaba ngatsi lentfombatanyana
"Lamagugu alelive ayosala emathuneni"
Lwafa lutsandvo!

28 April 2017
By: Chisenga S ©

Untitled by Poet Chie

I was dreaming and saw this angel
Then I met you
The dream came true
Said a word or two
You bowed down and touched your last toe
I didn't know what you were doing or showing

Delirium I went
Loving you was the purpose I meant
You gave in
That surely was my best win
Now I was The Man
I was king you was Queen
Doubled with wings
Elevated me to a level I've never been
The way you look, so sexy
That makes me feel crazy

Now I see how simple love is
I guess its how they did it back in the centuries
Soulmates who met picking berries
Your happiness is what my heart carries
Cast aside
Past Vast miseries
I'm here for the exhilarating journey lying ahead
I'm not here to put you to bed
But a bird, to fly you high
A dove with love

Hit, Smash and Go
My peers would lie
No, I just decry
Sit, Smile and Glow
My love can't make you cry
You the first of woman kind
You glow in the night
I don't know what's shining in the stars
But I know what's brightening in your scars

It seems like I know all
Al-ready
Your trip was fully driven
There's no way I couldn't fall
Astonishingly, you fell with me
Even in the ground we could roll
Ogling at you
Cuddling with you
Were nolonger desires but reality too
Your heart is where I'm headed to

©2017, Chisenga S