Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

He didn’t read book reviews—or so he claimed—and he didn’t write them, preferring instead to let his poems find their natural audience, which turned out to be a wide one. He mocked ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

SHARPEVILLE.- Sharpeville Pioneers Cricket Club is one of the few cricket clubs in the community. SHARPEVILLE.- Sharpeville Pioneers Cricket Club is one of the few cricket clubs in the community ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

Sharpeville Police were summoned to a scene of a shooting at the Solly Studio Shop in Putswasteen. Photo: Lerato Serero SHARPEVILLE.- Yet another Sharpeville shop owner has been shot dead. A case ...

Daily Maverick has verified that this is true. At the Havana Book Fair, an anthology consisting of the poetry of Harry Owen, Keorapetse Kgositsile and Ntsiki Mazwai was launched under the title ...

Teen winger Kabelo Kgositsile has attracted interest from Orlando Pirates after impressive displays for NFD side Baroka FC Baroka chairman Khurishi Mphahlele said Pirates made contact after the ...

Aquarter of the way through this century, regime change has become a canonical term. It signifies the overthrow, typically but not exclusively by the United States, of governments around the world ...

March 10, 2025 • Ciara Totton reads a poem by Diane Seuss ...