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The 2025 AVBOB Poetry Competition opened last month for entries in all 11 official written languages. Once again, generous cash prizes will ...

Fully sponsored by TheNextStar South Africa, SageAtWords South Africa exists to reward and celebrate South African poets and spoken words ar...

Sitting here listening to my heartbeat, beating fast Which makes it so hard to control my breathing rate Am boiling inside. That...

How I wish I could stop you from leaving But I know I can't stop your heart from leaving too I wish I never lied to my heart Tha...

I wish I could return back all those words, I said to you! Now they are hunting me day and night I wish I could have controlled my ang...

In you, I've seen love. In you, I've seen an angel. Your smile captured my heart the first time I saw you. The melody of...

Take me back home, Where the warmest love came from mother, Where loyalty is not a choice but culture. Take me back home, Where tears ...

If you were worth to be called a shadow Then I'll say you're my shadow For you never left my side You stood by me at my worst ...

Look at me— I’m sitting on my bed, Tears running nonstop, Thinking about you continuously, Blaming myself, all in all, Asking myself, do you...

I thought hearing your voice one day Would make me feel better, Remove all the pain I felt After you left me. But now I am scared. Your vo...

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I still have hope, Hope that one day you will wake up and see that I loved you. Hope that one day you will change, That you will stop hu...

Every night, I shed tears   When I think of you—   How we used to be one.   I loved you,   Yet you still left me.   Ask my pillow and s...