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Nothing from youPoetry

Nothing from you

Hi rra,This is my last letter to you.Your replies have a shelf in the glass cabinet,beside the plates we keep for visitors.I dust it every Sunday.

Maverick Kabelo2 Oct 20261 min read
Nkuku, teach mePoetry

Nkuku, teach me

I just want to learn, Nkuku,the way your bare palm lifts the hot pot lid,the way you sweep the yard before the sun, the dust smelling of cold,the way your gate stays open to the whole street.You put…

Maverick Kabelo30 Sep 20261 min read
The heartbroken poemPoetry

The heartbroken poem

City lights flicker, In your smile, I find solace, Ocean pulls me away.

Maverick Kabelo11 Feb 20241 min read
Bored poemPoetry

Bored poem

I am Boredom, the silent thief of time, I creep into your days, uninvited, I dull your senses, drain your mind, And make each moment feel divided.

Maverick Kabelo10 Feb 20231 min read
A thorn among rosesPoetry

A thorn among roses

Thorn among roses, Out of place, out of time, Silent, alone, I bloom.

Maverick Kabelo24 Jan 20231 min read
Dear youPoetry

Dear you

Darkness haunts you through the night,On cue to the idea that sad songs could be your lullaby.But fear remains vibrant in your eyes,Like torture in a blazing furnace.

Tinashe19 Jan 20231 min read
Dear Miss SunshinePoetry

Dear Miss Sunshine

Dear miss sunshine, Shine Radiate as bright as you can be, For the world is yours to reach, To devour with your essence, And captivate our hearts with your presence,

Yarona Monthe3 Jan 20231 min read
The six Ws of introversionPoetry

The six Ws of introversion

Why do I feel like an outcast, a misfit in this society?

Maverick Kabelo29 Dec 20221 min read
The Mophane worm’s lamentPoetry

The Mophane worm’s lament

I am but a humble worm, Trapped in this endless form, Foraging through the mophane leaves, My days filled with endless feed.

Maverick Kabelo25 Dec 20221 min read
To show woman smokingPoetry

The untitled story

Her shiny black hair flickers in the dark storm, Her beautiful pink lips, with a touch of black from the burns of a cigarette.

Larona Mosoboloko24 Dec 20222 min read
I am not selfishPoetry

I am not selfish

Once, you were my everything My heart and soul, my everything But as the days turned into months I found myself feeling trapped and smothered

Maverick Kabelo23 Dec 20221 min read
Silent goodbyePoetry

Silent goodbye

A boy and lady, good friends they beHe told her all his innermost thoughts, so confidinglyShe comforted and advised, with a heart full of careBut one day, out of the blue, she was no longer there

Maverick Kabelo18 Dec 20221 min read
The unforgivingPoetry

The unforgiving

The sun beats down, relentless and fierceOn the parched earth of her land

Maverick Kabelo17 Dec 20221 min read
Once an athletePoetry

Once an athlete

Once a man of great skill and speed,On the field and in the pool,He ruled the game with power and grace,A true athlete and a master of his craft.

Maverick Kabelo14 Dec 20221 min read
UnfulfilledPoetry

Unfulfilled

Desire burns within me, A fire that never dies, I try to quench it, But it only multiplies.

Maverick Kabelo13 Dec 20221 min read
DespitePoetry

Despite

In the quiet of his solitude, He finds not peace nor solace.

Maverick Kabelo12 Dec 20221 min read
Build a home in mePoetry

Build a home in me

With a soul woven in vicuna and cashmereI am soft and solaced for youRest your heart on the trove of my loveDulcifying and alleviatingLet us lay reclined here awhileDebarring the dinAnd darting our…

Kgosietsile Kooagile9 Dec 20221 min read
Woman's FacePoetry

She bled

Glancing the bay through the window,Her quiet morning began.Already hating the day, hating the life.She started to chase the ghost happiness that resided inside her.Drowning her sorrows in a deep…

Larona Mosoboloko4 Dec 20221 min read
Austin Magaga: Starting Caves Academy on a high noteLiterary Arts

Austin Magaga: Starting Caves Academy on a high note

Affectionately dubbed “Professor Caves” by his students, Austin Magaga is the founder of Caves Academy, a fully registered and accredited training institution.

Raveena Ramnarain7 Nov 20221 min read
How pink can you goPoetry

How pink can you go

It’s pink October, A time to recognize the brave who have dealt with the unthinkable.

Ripfumelo Chavani24 Oct 20221 min read
Marcia Ramodike; succeeding in the business industryLiterary Arts

Marcia Ramodike; succeeding in the business industry

“I always told myself that one day I will make it.”

Ripfumelo Chavani1 Oct 20224 min read
Dr. Bryan Keitsemang appointed Lecturer of Creative Writing at Caves AcademyLiterary Arts

Dr. Bryan Keitsemang appointed Lecturer of Creative Writing at Caves Academy

We couldn’t be more pleased to partner with the celebrated writer Dr Bryan Keitsemang to launch our Creative Writing Program.

Raveena Ramnarain25 Aug 20221 min read
Bryan Keitsemang: The untamed storytellerLiterary Arts

Bryan Keitsemang: The untamed storyteller

Dr.

Raveena Ramnarain20 Jul 20223 min read
Ambition in placePoetry

Ambition in place

A brain behind inventiveness, Young and intelligent, Destined for greatness… Anxiousness and sensitiveness his weakness, And creativity his greatest weapon…

Ripfumelo Chavani14 Jul 20222 min read
Makoro to survivePoetry

Makoro to survive

He wakes up early to get the bag, To run towards the hissing bus as it reaches the bus stop,To run after it even when it leaves him behind, Until it reaches the next bus stop for other workers.

AVO3 Jul 20221 min read
TlhakantshukeBook Review

Tlhakantshuke is out now!

Copies of Dr.

AVO30 Jun 20221 min read
Wear your skin proudPoetry

Wear your skin proud

Unusual brown, white and spotty “deformities,” Sketched on your body by the hands of nature, Creping quietly into your coat, and consuming the usual skin color… A discomfort that came with constant…

Ripfumelo Chavani25 Jun 20221 min read
Dear pops, old manPoetry

Dear pops, old man

He is a pillar of strength; The one we look to when everything is going sideways; We know that he has an armour up there… I would wake up from nightmares, screaming.

Yarona Monthe19 Jun 20221 min read
Who am I?Poetry

Who am I?

I am the extension of rudeness, With a pinch of sweetness.

Yarona Monthe17 Jun 20221 min read
Wrong ain’t our labelPoetry

Wrong ain’t our label

They say we all have rights…A rhythm mumbled daily.As if everyone earns the same respect…Yet, seeing the difference makes me wonder.And seek to know exactly what are human rights?Who deserves these…

Ripfumelo Chavani16 Jun 20222 min read
Mosarwa’s poetic questPoetry

Mosarwa’s poetic quest

Geoffrey Mosarwa Jr is a wordsmith who speaks his truth and wears his heart on his sleeve.

Maverick Kabelo15 Jun 20225 min read
Picture of Dr. Bryan KeitsemangLiterary Arts

The rise of Dr. Bryan Keitsemang

• Dr.

Raveena Ramnarain11 Jun 20222 min read
Monstrous painPoetry

Monstrous pain

I never saw it coming!

Ripfumelo Chavani30 May 20222 min read
Mother’s DayPoetry

Mother’s Day

Hi mama, I know it’s late.

Palesa Morailane8 May 20221 min read
A true natured passionPoetry

A true natured passion

Her profession… An excellent event prof.

Ripfumelo Chavani7 May 20222 min read
To show unstabilityPoetry

Surviving 2021

We’ve gotten to a point where we learnt survival of the fittest even when we didn’t want to.We’ve fought ourselves; our demons cursed our reflections and still couldn’t find stability.In-fact…

Burnt Out Phoenix29 Apr 20221 min read
You think you know herPoetry

You think you know her

I overheard your chats with your buddies.Whispering one-sided truths about her character.You uttered with confidence…For you were certain of every element that made her.

Ripfumelo Chavani26 Apr 20221 min read
I said I was busyPoetry

I said I was busy

I said I was busy…Yet my truth was considered a lie.For I was not spotted physically operative

Ripfumelo Chavani22 Apr 20221 min read
AhanaShort Story

Ahana

Ahana’s brother banged on the door with a fist before turning to face Jenni, Ahana’s roommate, who was on the verge on wetting her pants.

Peace8 Feb 202214 min read
To show painPoetry

Pain

I live deep within the deep blood of lonely children and sad souls.

Larona Mosoboloko22 Jan 20221 min read
Using words to encompass historyBook Review

Using words to encompass history

Lebogang Botlhoko is a published author aged nineteen.

Burnt Out Phoenix15 Jan 20224 min read
We were never hereShort Story

We were never here

By Wednesdays at most, she’d feel tired of being human.

Peace10 Jan 202212 min read
GriefPoetry

The rhythm of my grief

Listen to the tone of my grief,A discomfort that started when existence turns into a misery…When days and night were more of the same..When my ex started to cheat on me with a Paramour.

Ripfumelo Chavani7 Jan 20221 min read
Phenomenal selfPoetry

Phenomenal self

I don’t have a sexy physique to die for,I’m not full- figured.But I’m cute in my ways,When I try to portray my glamour they don’t see it.When I try to notify them, they speculate I’m telling the…

Ripfumelo Chavani5 Jan 20221 min read
White Light Forming HeartPoetry

A heart of gold

My heart,What a tenderness filled within you,Your every beat is fulfilling and admiring…Your liking knows no prejudice..All you observe seems elegant and uniqueYou have passed this compassion to my…

Ripfumelo Chavani2 Jan 20221 min read
Dear LifePoetry

Dear Life

I gave myself sufficient period to examine and understand you well.After all the times I was attempting to give up on you and get relieved from you because I couldn’t handle your nature.But I have…

Ripfumelo Chavani9 Oct 20211 min read
What is love?Poetry

What is love?

I wish I can tell, but you are asking the wrong person,I have been in love, yet I can’t clarify it…I know it sounds strange, but this is my truth…

Ripfumelo Chavani6 Oct 20211 min read
Five on the dot.Poetry

Five on the dot.

I’m longing to live my dreams!I had the best moments of my existence,Encircled by people who only sees potential in me.They applauded, as I walk boldly on a red carpet,Bossing to sit on a throne,My…

Ripfumelo Chavani25 Sep 20211 min read
Nobody is a wastePoetry

Nobody is a waste

I notice you, All the duration… When you take things very distant, And label human beings nobodies.

Ripfumelo Chavani13 Sep 20212 min read
Hunted soulsPoetry

Hunted souls

We thought only animals can be hunted down and killed…But things have changed drastically,Human flesh is on demand,don’t get me erroneous….Not all human flash, but recently women considered on the…

Ripfumelo Chavani11 Sep 20211 min read
Crying a river fullPoetry

Crying a river full

I’m crying a river full of my pilling tears,I’m still enduring the pain,Yet I don’t know I’ll endure it until when…I think, maybe it will passYet I also believe it can even be for a lifetime.

Ripfumelo Chavani8 Sep 20212 min read
Meaningless sorry’sPoetry

Meaningless sorry’s

Nicely, you said sorry,On your knees as if you wanted to submit,With a sham sadness on your skin.Like the usual,You performed similar actions…Hoping I’ll fall for it, like all these times.

Ripfumelo Chavani5 Sep 20211 min read
Foreseeing your returnPoetry

Foreseeing your return

I’m here extremely concernedOverthinking roughly of what you are enduring,I wonder if I will ever have an opportunity to feel your deepest suffering,Because that is my longing to share your pains…But…

Ripfumelo Chavani26 Aug 20212 min read
The man who won the lotteryPoetry

The man who won the lottery

Have you ever lived your life waking up from a shack?Feeding on dry breadcrumbs every morning and even in the evening when you come back?Have you ever lived a life that gives you a reason to give up…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane21 Aug 20212 min read
Loving you ended mePoetry

Loving you ended me

I bought you flowers, and you sent them backGot you a necklace and said it doesn’t look good on your neckI bought you an impeccable dinner dress and you told me you hate the color blackTell me, how…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane19 Aug 20212 min read
The lesson of lifePoetry

The lesson of life

Seasons come and passPeople come and goSo, from that, we must learn and grow

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane18 Aug 20211 min read
I will show youPoetry

I will show you

She said, “Give me a flower,And I’ll show you how to take care of it, so it doesn’t lose its color

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane17 Aug 20211 min read
The dream she had last nightPoetry

The dream she had last night

She is being chased by her own shadowLocked behind the bars of sinLocked behind the dark world she cannot seeA world without stars and the moon

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane16 Aug 20211 min read
Unforeseen betrayalPoetry

Unforeseen betrayal

I unfasten my life foyer,For you to access my frontier,Assuming our relationship was more than just friends…And I snatched it to the next phase.

Ripfumelo Chavani16 Aug 20211 min read
What I earned from these scarsPoetry

What I earned from these scars

Throughout my childhood my mistakes have been labeled outFor every scar I got, represented every serious or even petty mistake I had madeRepresented every cup or plate I accidentally broke,And no…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane15 Aug 20211 min read
One more last dosePoetry

One more last dose

Left me in some indefinable lachrymose I should’ve known it would be much more hurting to stay in too close But before I let go, please allow me this one more last dose

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane14 Aug 20211 min read
She lives in mePoetry

She lives in me

Her voice is full of pain and rageIt’s like she’s been locked in a hard shield cageAnd she doesn’t wanna leave without imbedding a markI can feel her fists, aggressively hitting against my heart

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane13 Aug 20211 min read
A matter of timePoetry

A matter of time

Time fliesIt runs like a river flowWe meet when the time was still tickingI put you under my skin just like a tickYou sucked my blood,And become full and fat from my flash

Ripfumelo Chavani12 Aug 20212 min read
DeceptionPoetry

Deception

Broken into pieces of sharp bladesHidden behind the scary dark shadesBuried in sadness with no lucid meaningA quintessence of grief, trying to seek healing

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane12 Aug 20211 min read
Blue; my different shade of bluePoetry

Blue; my different shade of blue

My blue is dark, yours is light Your blue is day, mine is night Your blue is hope, mine is plight Your blue brings laughter, mine bring tears Your blue brings freedom, mine brings fears

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane11 Aug 20211 min read
The shadowPoetry

The shadow

It’s black behind my backIt listens to me every time I talk aloneBut it’s neither made of flesh nor boneIt is my only companion

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane10 Aug 20211 min read
She lives in a worldPoetry

She lives in a world

She lives in a world around peersA world where everyone is afraid to conquer their fearsShe lives in a world full of tearsA world where she cannot find herself

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane9 Aug 20211 min read
This is a jeremiad of my hopelessly drowning emotionsPoetry

This is a jeremiad of my hopelessly drowning emotions

From waking up at 6am for a morning jogDown the busy street downtown with my dogThe everyday hangouts and dinners after workFrom scribbling random messages into my diary every morning when I wake…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane8 Aug 20211 min read
The girl who killed my fatherPoetry

The girl who killed my father

She criedBut one day her tears turned into fireFire that dropped to the ground and burnt the earth in ireShe cried and the more she criedWas the more the fire burnt along her skin down to her chin

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane7 Aug 20211 min read
Depressed childPoetry

Depressed child

Sadness is my homieComes out to play only when I am soberHe wouldMake me feel worthless,Play mind games with meOnly to make me feel selfless;

Yarona Monthe6 Aug 20212 min read
Our blackness to them appears like an inevitable crimePoetry

Our blackness to them appears like an inevitable crime

There was love but you chose to hateYou chose to betray God and discriminateYou chose to cast blood upon the black riversYou chose to imbed it in your mind, to stick it to your subconscious forever…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane5 Aug 20211 min read
Eyes are windows to the soulPoetry

Eyes are windows to the soul

They say eyes are windows to the soul But mine are as dark as coal Dark that no matter how careful you try to see through them, you won’t see the pain Like a tortoise my eyes are a protective shell…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane4 Aug 20211 min read
A mistaken hardshipPoetry

A mistaken hardship

They spread the mythsAnd announced my madnessFor they assumed they knew it all..They went further…And verify my passing time.

Ripfumelo Chavani3 Aug 20211 min read
Broken piecesPoetry

Broken pieces

When other kids used to brag about their happy familiesI stayed still in my shell like a tortoiseI always stayed quiet, that they would never hear my voiceI ran to the back of the house to wipe off…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane3 Aug 20211 min read
The note she left on the worktopPoetry

The note she left on the worktop

It was one summer night and the sky was raining its cold mistMy body was feeling light and lifeless like the watch that was wrapped around my wristThe house too was scared,signaling there’s nobody…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane2 Aug 20213 min read
I’m finePoetry

I’m fine

I told my mom I’m fineBut she watches me every time she talks to me about you and I swallow back my tears

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane1 Aug 20211 min read
I know, I remember (p.s. I still do)Poetry

I know, I remember (p.s. I still do)

I know how I felt the first time I saw youI know my heart skipped beats more than once or twice in a semi- secondI know I stammered the whole day because words kept running away from meEvery time you…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane30 Jul 20213 min read
She broke hearts but earned cutsPoetry

She broke hearts but earned cuts

She was young and naïveGrowing without love drove her to look for it in the wildest of placesShe got lost between finding love that is worth the price and just lust for the beautiful facesAnd she met…

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane30 Jul 20211 min read
LovePoetry

Love

I thought, hesitated and went for itI drowned deep for itMade waves in settled landsLove..yes its loveThey fell in for me

AVO9 Jul 20211 min read
MourningPoetry

Mourning

Sadness, bereavement or lamentation;The most terrible state of humanity survival,War between soul, mind and heart;Thorn in my skin, tumor in my brain;What should be done?

Ripfumelo Chavani6 Jul 20212 min read
MAMAs nominated: Best AuthorLiterary Arts

MAMAs nominated: Best Author

BESIDES BEING GIFTED, LONELINESS INSPIRED ME TO WRITE

Ripfumelo Chavani1 Jul 20212 min read
Against the oddsBook Review

Against the odds

Another week another great local Author and this week we are getting wisdom from Ozzil Gopolang with his book titled ‘Against the odds‘.

Same Muzila25 Jun 20214 min read
Apple of my eyePoetry

Apple of my eye

Can I tell you a secret?Please promise you’ll keep it.I’ve kept it deep within,But now I should preach it.There’s a girl whom I love,An angel from above.Although things may get tough,I’ll never get…

Ripfumelo Chavani23 Jun 20213 min read
A shy, young woman bumps into her soulmateShort Story

A shy, young woman bumps into her soulmate

Not all days of the week were good and exciting as one would think or perceive.

AVO27 May 20214 min read
Her best friend’s deathShort Story

Her best friend’s death

My bestfriend was the truest thing to ever happen to me and for me.

AVO20 May 20217 min read
Pain isn’t the worst thingLiterary Arts

Pain isn’t the worst thing

Baone Peace Moalosi is a 20 year old, Mochudi born writer/poet and author of Pain Isn’t The Worst Thing.

Same Muzila18 May 20212 min read
Tears on my mother’s shoesLiterary Arts

Tears on my mother’s shoes

Ms Lame Pusetso is a writer, poet, master of ceremony, spoken word artist, motivational speaker, poetry adjudicator and owner of a publishing company.

Zanele15 May 20213 min read
Dark wayPoetry

Dark way

We suffered along the long journeyThe road was grumpyWe strived and fought for whats bestBut the efforts ended effortlesslyPandemic made everyone uselessWhat you invest in fighting was useless

AVO11 Aug 20201 min read
Renée Dipheko talks about her book, Midnight ThoughtsBook Review

Renée Dipheko talks about her book, Midnight Thoughts

“I find the night sky very surreal.

Maverick Kabelo27 Jun 20203 min read
Miso on her poetry breakthrough experienceLiterary Arts

Miso on her poetry breakthrough experience

Miso Mphasha is a 19-year-old Motswana poetess currently pursuing her studies as a Charted Accountant at Botswana Accountancy College.

Burnt Out Phoenix13 Jun 20205 min read
When Karma gets angryPoetry

When Karma gets angry

Time passes by and happiness seeps awayMy mind remains a vacant playground, allowing pain to come playEmotions come and go, day by dayAll I realise is I’ve intimidated Karma, and its my time to pay

Refilwe J. Mokgatlenyane23 May 20201 min read
Snakes in suitsPoetry

Snakes in suits

Your face displays a smile,But your teeth are sharp than even a knife.There is a devils loud cry behind your giggles.They won’t notice if they don’t study you cause you are tricky just like…

AVO18 May 20201 min read
My stormsPoetry

My storms

I like the little calm moments before the storm…The genuine I Love You’s.The him sweeping me off my feet moments where I feel like all existence has stopped because the only thing that seem to be of…

Burnt Out Phoenix17 May 20201 min read

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