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Contents
CONTRIBUTING POETS ..................................................................................................................................... 3
PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
BURN THE COFFIN ............................................................................................................................................ 7
MASINGITA MZILIKAZI .......................................................................................................................................... 7
THE PASSION OF THE PARCHED ....................................................................................................................... 8
MASINGITA MZILIKAZI .......................................................................................................................................... 8
THE FIRST LINE ................................................................................................................................................. 9
MASINGITA MZILIKAZI .......................................................................................................................................... 9
CHILDREN OF A BLEEDING SKY: TO GOD ALMIGHTY EMERITUS ..................................................................... 10
RELEBOGILE KGALANE ....................................................................................................................................... 10
WRITTEN WITH THE BLOOD OF A POET: A TALE OF ADULTEROUS LOVE ........................................................ 11
RELEBOGILE KGALANE ....................................................................................................................................... 11
MY LOVE FOR YOU… MOTHO ........................................................................................................................ 12
NAPO MASHEANE ............................................................................................................................................. 12
ANONYMOUS ................................................................................................................................................ 14
NAPO MASHEANE ............................................................................................................................................. 14
AFRICA… YOU ARE A BOOK ............................................................................................................................ 17
NAPO MASHEANE ............................................................................................................................................. 17
WHERE BONE MEETS BLOOD ......................................................................................................................... 19
KHAYA NGOMA ................................................................................................................................................ 19
OUR OFFSPRING ............................................................................................................................................ 20
KHAYA NGOMA ................................................................................................................................................ 20
PAIN AND FOCUS ........................................................................................................................................... 21
BONGIWE N ZULU .............................................................................................................................................. 21
UNSAFE AT HOME. ......................................................................................................................................... 23
BONGIWE N ZULU .............................................................................................................................................. 23
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO PULL SANITY IN? ................................................................................................ 24
THANDIWE NGWENYA ....................................................................................................................................... 24
YOU, SOUND, AND I ....................................................................................................................................... 25
THANDIWE NGWENYA ....................................................................................................................................... 25
A KISS BETTER WITH TIME ............................................................................................................................. 26
TSHEPANG MABE ............................................................................................................................................... 26
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