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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 ............................................................................................................................................... 10

MASINGITA MZILIKAZI ........................................................................................................................................ 10
CHILDREN OF A BLEEDING SKY: TO GOD ALMIGHTY EMERITUS ..................................................................... 11

RELEBOGILE KGALANE ....................................................................................................................................... 11
WRITTEN WITH THE BLOOD OF A POET: A TALE OF ADULTEROUS LOVE ........................................................ 13
RELEBOGILE KGALANE ....................................................................................................................................... 13

MY LOVE FOR YOU… MOTHO ........................................................................................................................ 14
NAPO MASHEANE ............................................................................................................................................. 14

ANONYMOUS ................................................................................................................................................ 17
NAPO MASHEANE ............................................................................................................................................. 17

AFRICA… YOU ARE A BOOK ............................................................................................................................ 21
NAPO MASHEANE ............................................................................................................................................. 21

WHERE BONE MEETS BLOOD ......................................................................................................................... 23
KHAYA NGOMA ................................................................................................................................................ 23
OUR OFFSPRING ............................................................................................................................................ 24

KHAYA NGOMA ................................................................................................................................................ 24
PAIN AND FOCUS ........................................................................................................................................... 25

BONGIWE N ZULU .............................................................................................................................................. 25
UNSAFE AT HOME. ......................................................................................................................................... 27

BONGIWE N ZULU .............................................................................................................................................. 27
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO PULL SANITY IN? ................................................................................................ 29

THANDIWE NGWENYA ....................................................................................................................................... 29
YOU, SOUND, AND I ....................................................................................................................................... 31
THANDIWE NGWENYA ....................................................................................................................................... 31

WITHIN A BLINK ............................................................................................................................................. 32

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