March 26, 2019PoetryHelp Me.“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people…
June 14, 2018Family & HeritageTranscendence.In Thebes, the origin story of Atum the Creator involved Earth and sky's division into Seth & Nephthys, a third gender; both non-binary, by…
February 22, 2018Society & JusticeAminata's Refrain.If a Marula tree falls in the woods, and no one is around; does it even make a sound? What about when a warrior queen wails for the infant…
November 24, 2017PoetrySheroism.If Coco Chanel played by the rules herself then there would be no iconic Number Five, but ever since this mademoiselle raised Hell, the…
November 22, 2016Trauma & SurvivalHurt.She permitted a single, sobering tear to stream down her right cheek, as she tightened her grip on my hand, and began to speak: "You asked…
November 4, 2016PoetryWrecked.Reduced to rubble, from missiles careening, sirens wail, signaling incoming threats. Blood dyes the streets red from casualties, filling…
September 22, 2016Society & JusticeSlain.Let freedom ring, it reigns supreme. Liberty's bell solely tolls for thee. Red, white, and blue but only for you. For me, red is the blood…
June 11, 2016Society & JusticeSaartjie.Saartjie, Saartjie, Baartman, her name warrants repetition. She was a Nubian queen who was exploited without permission.…
May 12, 2016PoetryPanacea.My lungs fill with water, I am struggling to breathe, but instead of fighting, I hold my breath, then count to three.…
March 11, 2016PoetryDictator.Disparaged my weakest, violated my nation’s most chaste, vandalized its buildings, and pillaged then raped. …
March 10, 2016PoetryDeath of a Salesman.Archaic scriptures like manuscript pages from ancient history, claim my sanity possessing me in my entirety. Have I blind faith that I …
December 8, 2015PoetryCurrent Events.Society is in decline, the blind are leading the blind; fear ignites the masses, then sends the least evolved among us into frenzied…
June 5, 2015PoetryHerstory.Baby girls barely old enough to walk are now being tempted to run, before they've even turned one. Every day tells the same tired sex sells…
January 20, 2015PoetryCradle Robbers in Peshawar.The smallest coffins are the heaviest as they are stark reminders of the greatest failure of mankind, children targeted by terrorists is…
June 12, 2014PoetryWithout You.Too many break-ups now, don't think we can make up. How I wish it wasn't over, I wanted to grow older, with you. With you, everything made…
June 4, 2014PoetryGod ParticleIn Switzerland, the scientists created a God particle, claiming that the creator could be made in a laboratory. Interesting to say the…
September 22, 2013PoetryOnomatopoeic Infatuation.Drip drop as the intravenous tries to nourish me, tick tock time passes and I wait in anguish for an end to my suffering. Squish, crunch…
August 14, 2013PoetryFear & Loathing in Toronto.Fear steals sleep like a thief in the night as it strives to rob us of our security. It condemns us to a lifetime imprisoned by questions…
April 23, 2013PoetryControl.There are moments in life where the only possible options are to lose control. To simply let go, allowing the black hole that remained…
April 23, 2013PoetrySerial.Like Gilles de Rais, you feigned innocence so well, although you were heads and tails above the other inhabitants of Hell. You watched…
April 23, 2013PoetryHuman Race.It was often assumed that because of the colour of my skin that I would be inarticulate or unintelligent, as if a person’s worth was…
February 14, 2013PoetryCocky.Collecting dust, and forgotten high upon a shelf I hear your cries of desperation as you call for help You were once a coveted prize, the…
August 25, 2009PoetryCrusadeAlarmed as you shook me awake from my silent reverie, I slowly grew conscious of my glass menagerie. Others were always on the outside…
June 15, 2009PoetryAscentOur love was such a farce, it had the power to entertain jesters. They would laugh for hours at the ridiculous charade that we displayed…