Poetry

For too many years the black com­munity have been at the receiv­ing end of inequal­ity and tyranny. This video reflects the truth …

The cracks in us grow incess­antly From the very moment we come to be Once we enter the world, Our flaw­less­ness begins to cease We can …

Memor­ies We all have them, Some are pain­ful, Oth­ers please, It’s amaz­ing, How they are stored, With­in, The logic­al, But some­times, The ration­al brain. Memor­ies, We all hold on to them, For with a …

Edu­ca­tion need for soci­et­al mobil­ity, clari­on calls to give back to my people Life robs me of my dreams and cuts me to …

Pho­to­graphy by https://www.instagram.com/iluminartistarchive/ Cen­tur­ies of slavery and oppres­sion, Recent deaths brought to right­eous erup­tion Vol­can­ic voices of true justice no longer silenced, Police bru­tal­ity incid­ences slash …

Almost a dec­ade ago Yemen was severely affected by a huge blow, The Arab Spring majorly back­fired To the coun­try’s sta­bil­ity and resources mired, Lifebloods restric­ted, …

I am 39, head­ing towards 40, its time, For some can­did poetry Like many oth­ers before me I have suffered men­tally, With the dia­gnos­is of bipolar, There …

The Cruelest lie Resides In that moment between awaken­ing And fully open­ing my eyes That dupli­cit­ous lie That tells me You didn’t leave me You didn’t die.   And I dreamt …

 Lon­don based poet and spoken word artist Katie (per­former name Klastro) has been per­form­ing for almost a dec­ade, at many Lon­don ven­ue show­cases:  Dean Atta & Deanna …

It’s easy to pon­ti­fic­ate when your pock­ets are full, when you haven’t nearly died (which I have), when you haven’t lost your teef …