BY NIKOLAI TJONGARERO
She’s like a grain from the sands of time, with her subliminal gaze which constantly sends all your wits and tactics into frantic mazes of delusion from the onset, and for the duration of this wilful derailment; wilful for the possibility that she could be the ally u’ve been seeking, and better still [...]
Lust-Filled Travesty
The Truth About the Lies
BY NIKOLAI TJONGARERO
Lyrical users of speech. We abuse the language utilised with the goal of making their fantasies about what they most seem to need without the need to first achieve. Change moods we do indeed, because the escape we provide is a portal to a lost place in time that moves [...]
What Love?
BY GENEVIEVE VIEIRA
What love is love if overcome?
He promised an undying love
but pardons turned num.
Glory, glory loveless mercies
For now he lays in the arms of another.
What love is love which has no name?
I’ve sacrificed my heartships
but lovers shamed to claim.
Glory, glory desired covers
For now he lays in the arms of another.
What love is love if [...]
Celebrating – and scrutinising – the spoken word
BY LARA MOSES
In a time where words take a backseat to visual poetry – stories that are told in a snapshot and painted emotion – the Cape Town Spoken Word Festival is definitely a risky but welcomed new addition to the Cape Town calendar. The festival ran over five days from 17 to 21 November [...]
