BN Poetry Award: My Son by Adhiamno Agoro (Kenya)
This poem is longlisted for BN Poetry Award. Fruit of my womb I beg to stay away And let you…
“The Phantom in My Brain” by Nwankwo Prosper .O.
Image by Selver Učanbarlić from Pixabay The Phantom In My Brain miracle sleeps in a coffin—a boy the sun appears…
“Soldier's Widow” by Nnamdi Laura Chioma
image source: pxhere SOLDIER’S WIDOW 10 years by, I am aging and wrinkling,Like my mother’s wrappers, forgotten deep down in…
“The Debase” by Rogers Atukunda
The Debase Remind me, grandson, what was the day? A Friday, grandpa, January 15, 2016 And you say it was…
“My friend” by Kamcilla Pillay
image source: pixabay.com My friend These days, despair is my constant companion. His hollow eyes follow me everywhere I go.…
“Uncle's Happiest Time” by Ibrahim Sorie Bangura (Cleffy)
image credit: Niko Lienata via Pexels.com UNCLE’S HAPPIEST TIME My Uncle; a seventy-year-old vein-filled man Who loved listening to seventies…
2016 Poetry Contest Status Update
Praxis Magazine Online is excited to announce that we’ve received the results of our 2016 Anthology Contest from our judge,…
Get free ticket to NIGHT OF THE SPOKEN WORD (NWS7)
Hello World, We are happy to give away free tickets to two lucky Praxists! To qualify for the draw drop…
In the Spirit of Ake by TJ Benson
Photo credit: Lidudumalingani Mqombothi This is a picture of a girl not taken. Thin dark with full purple painted lips,…
“Leave Me Here” by Phelelani Makhanya
photograph by Shannon Hopkins LEAVE ME HERE Just leave me up here Descend and tell them I am not coming…