In this issue:

POETRY

Thula Mama, Zama Madinana 22 // In Our Land, Zama Madina 23 // Burgersfort blues, Nkwana Joshua Serutle 24 // Dignity in Shack Land, Anthea Pretorious 25 // now our children learn the songs of war, Lindi-Ann Hewitt-Coleman 27 // The Florist, Genna Gardini 29 // Drag your dreams through the dark, Jarred Thompson 30 // Scones in Bed at Ishraq, Kevin Goddard 32 // Education, Ali Corbett 33 // The Ballad of Bongi Gula, Robin Malan 35 // regarding translation, Gorata Chengata 37 // Severed, Mathipe Moila 39 // Ficus elastica robusta, Mathipe Moila 40 // The Birds are Falling, Xabiso Vili 41 // Finding the happy, Brian Walter 43 // Birds of Paradise, Keith Oliver Lewis 44 // Sea Mask, Vernon Head 47 // Sliding away, Crystal Warren 48 // To Sink vs. To Swim, Sakina Hughes 49 // Sister Rivers, Sakina Hughes 50 // The Liminality of Water, Nolwazi Mbali Mahlangu 53

PROSE

The Rooster, Chizi Pswarayi 57 // The next eight hours, Lwandile Fikeni 59 // The Battle of Mbombela, Bantu Chauke 61 // Joe Slovo, Lelethu Sobekwa 65 // The Cave, Lerato Molisana 74