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#1
 Words Of Wisdom
by Dan Mahlangu
741 likes | 181594 views | 4 comments
#2
 An Abandoned Bundle
by Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali
343 likes | 79904 views | 92 comments
#3
 When Love Dies
by Dan Mahlangu
177 likes | 636 views | 3 comments
#4
 The Dance
by Zandile Mboneni
33 likes | 1814 views | 1 comments
#5
 I Am A River
by Marcia Nonkululeko Tladi
33 likes | 740 views | 6 comments
#6
 My Mother
by Victor Ugochukwu Akpokwe
30 likes | 2333 views | 1 comments
#7
 Dear Death
by Marcia Nonkululeko Tladi
30 likes | 1268 views | 22 comments
#8
 Angel
by Naif Taha
27 likes | 206 views | 14 comments
#9
 Healing Dawn
by Ashok Kumar Madhunlall
23 likes | 373 views | 43 comments
#10
 While You Slept
by Les Marcott
21 likes | 1726 views | 15 comments
#11
 Within Without
by Ashok Kumar Madhunlall
20 likes | 228 views | 27 comments
#12
 Coolie Miracle
by Ravi Moopen
19 likes | 337 views | 11 comments
#13
 Hope
by Bint-a-Saeed ii
16 likes | 93 views | 1 comments
#14
 forgiveness
by Mamello Monageng
12 likes | 598 views | 1 comments
#15
 Home Affairs
by Emmanuel Ekale Esambe
12 likes | 241 views | 3 comments
#16
 Tidal Force
by Ashok Kumar Madhunlall
12 likes | 204 views | 32 comments
#17
 Heavenly Panorama
by Ashok Kumar Madhunlall
12 likes | 192 views | 26 comments
#18
 The Nagging Dusk
by Ashok Kumar Madhunlall
12 likes | 162 views | 21 comments
#19
 One Less Valentine
by Ryan Gordon Penn
12 likes | 162 views | 4 comments
#20
 Single
by Ryan Gordon Penn
12 likes | 70 views | 3 comments
#21
 Love you regardless
by Ryan Gordon Penn
11 likes | 1205 views | 8 comments
#22
 I won't stop writing
by Marcia Nonkululeko Tladi
11 likes | 797 views | 5 comments
#23
 Seasons of my life
by Michelle Clark
11 likes | 508 views | 14 comments
#24
 Winter morning
by Vuyo Sigidi
11 likes | 331 views | 1 comments
#25
 A hummingbird's fist-sized heart
by Nurija Mehovic
11 likes | 216 views | 13 comments
#26
 A Letter To a Blue Rose
by Byron Coetzee
11 likes | 119 views | 2 comments
#27
 Child of the street
by Hettie Van Zyl
10 likes | 363 views | 6 comments
#28
 When The Rain Falls
by Tayyeba Irum
10 likes | 120 views | 1 comments
#29
 Who am I?
by Quintin Anthony Maitland
10 likes | 98 views | 1 comments
#30
 Love, My Friends (an English sonnet)
by Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe
9 likes | 794 views | 19 comments
#31
 Life could never be another jail
by Lesedi Modibane
9 likes | 491 views | 3 comments
#32
 I refuse to give up
by Mbalenhle Thandokuhle Xulu
9 likes | 186 views | 3 comments
#33
 Sleeping Child
by Thabani Ray Ngwenya
9 likes | 164 views | 2 comments
#34
 Omie 8th of May
by Berto Kamp
9 likes | 49 views | 3 comments
#35
 Hope To Stand Is In Your Hand
by Shuaib Yunus Soni
8 likes | 742 views | 33 comments
#36
 Respect
by Isaac Ntabankulu
8 likes | 345 views | 1 comments
#37
 Faceless
by Sifiso Barry Maseko
8 likes | 311 views | 1 comments
#38
 Blackmail
by Berto Kamp
8 likes | 125 views | 2 comments
#39
 Love is
by Nurija Mehovic
8 likes | 99 views | 8 comments
#40
 Awkward
by Ryan Gordon Penn
8 likes | 77 views | 3 comments
#41
 Emotion
by Masechaba Wessie
7 likes | 1097 views | 13 comments
#42
 A True Friend
by Vusi Chris Venus Malala
7 likes | 672 views | 5 comments
#43
 Gadima (inspired by the gem that is my mother)
by Masechaba Wessie
7 likes | 631 views | 2 comments
#44
 Because of you
by Vusi Chris Venus Malala
7 likes | 486 views | 1 comments
#45
 It's your love, nestling in my heart and mind
by Rantikwane Legwale
7 likes | 372 views | 5 comments
#46
 I am an African
by Sinovuyo Mafanya
7 likes | 350 views | 3 comments
#47
 Abandoned
by Rofhiwa Netshiavha
7 likes | 158 views | 2 comments
#48
 Be a friend
by Nurija Mehovic
7 likes | 137 views | 8 comments
#49
 The Evil Twin
by Ashok Kumar Madhunlall
7 likes | 134 views | 24 comments
#50
 The meaning of loneliness
by Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe
7 likes | 134 views | 9 comments
#51
 An ode to Michael Jackson [August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009]
by Ryan Gordon Penn
7 likes | 102 views | 3 comments
#52
 Waves of the ocean
by Nurija Mehovic
7 likes | 74 views | 7 comments
#53
 Hillbrow
by M CSB
6 likes | 672 views | 1 comments
#54
 Someday
by Lesedi Modibane
6 likes | 551 views | 2 comments
#55
 Thaba
by Masechaba Wessie
6 likes | 490 views | 3 comments
#56
 shadows
by Enrique Duron
6 likes | 454 views | 6 comments
#57
 the epilogue of venom
by Moemise Motsepe
6 likes | 387 views | 1 comments
#58
 Footprints Of Sorrow
by Abdul Milazi
6 likes | 366 views | 5 comments
#59
 Miracle of Silence
by Abdul Milazi
6 likes | 356 views | 4 comments
#60
 A Powerful tool
by Hettie Van Zyl
6 likes | 353 views | 4 comments
#61
 Pearly Eyes
by Thifulufhelwi Ronald Ramabulana
6 likes | 336 views | 1 comments
#62
 A Simple Twist
by Melinda Smith
6 likes | 320 views | 1 comments
#63
 Forbidden Fruit
by Zithelo Mnguni
6 likes | 210 views | 1 comments
#64
 Loving in Circles
by Anthea De Bruyn
6 likes | 179 views | 5 comments
#65
 I am that I am
by Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe
6 likes | 140 views | 9 comments
#66
 He who calls himself "my father"
by Maureen Direro
6 likes | 127 views | 11 comments
#67
 Great is thy faithfulness
by Maxine Smith
6 likes | 115 views | 2 comments
#68
 A Harsh Word
by Hettie Van Zyl
6 likes | 107 views | 1 comments
#69
 I Will Honour You
by Ryan Gordon Penn
6 likes | 100 views | 2 comments
#70
 Culture Crossroads
by Kelly Attrill
6 likes | 90 views | 2 comments
#71
 With Love, I can
by Ryan Gordon Penn
6 likes | 87 views | 8 comments
#72
 Solar Eclipse Poem on Nature
by Sarah Shahzad
6 likes | 82 views | 1 comments
#73
 The Parched Land
by Thabani Ray Ngwenya
6 likes | 49 views | 1 comments
#74
 Our Little Secret
by Casey Samantha Boshoff
6 likes | 48 views | 1 comments
#75
 A must... but without you, Is just dust.
by Mphela Audrey
6 likes | 35 views | 4 comments
#76
 Show You Me
by Ryan Gordon Penn
6 likes | 32 views | 1 comments
#77
 ...Essence (of a beautiful Soul)
by Lethal Poet
5 likes | 703 views | 8 comments
#78
 Maybe I have to blame myself
by Zweli Lucas Ngomane
5 likes | 564 views | 6 comments
#79
 Dancing for the dead
by Mthunzikazi Mbungwana
5 likes | 503 views | 7 comments
#80
 Little did I know
by Maviyo Nkosi
5 likes | 479 views | 5 comments
#81
 Fake Dreams
by Ashley Fancher
5 likes | 360 views | 2 comments
#82
 To Dance With You
by Raine Lariza
5 likes | 359 views | 1 comments
#83
 A Painting in Discord
by Thifulufhelwi Ronald Ramabulana
5 likes | 343 views | 3 comments
#84
 My Destiny
by Vusi Chris Venus Malala
5 likes | 331 views | 1 comments
#85
 This Is Love
by Raine Lariza
5 likes | 327 views | 2 comments
#86
 when I was
by Mamello Monageng
5 likes | 324 views | 1 comments
#87
 I'm Alive
by Thomas Tirrell
5 likes | 322 views | 6 comments
#88
 Titles Recycled
by John Paragreen
5 likes | 290 views | 1 comments
#89
 Broken Wing
by Hettie Van Zyl
5 likes | 271 views | 12 comments
#90
 Love
by Zandile Mboneni
5 likes | 268 views | 1 comments
#91
 Of my last days with you
by Rantikwane Legwale
5 likes | 228 views | 1 comments
#92
 I wish I didn't care...
by Laetitia Smith
5 likes | 223 views | 3 comments
#93
 Living vicariously through desire
by Neil C. Raynor
5 likes | 221 views | 1 comments
#94
 The Mind-Genie
by Ashok Kumar Madhunlall
5 likes | 193 views | 20 comments
#95
 Our Cruelty
by Vusi Chris Venus Malala
5 likes | 193 views | 1 comments
#96
 Real Love
by Naif Taha
5 likes | 164 views | 5 comments
#97
 The night never ends
by Nurija Mehovic
5 likes | 140 views | 8 comments
#98
 Vote for me
by Isaac Ntabankulu
5 likes | 135 views | 4 comments
#99
 The day The Angel saved my life
by Michelle Clark
5 likes | 124 views | 1 comments
#100
 Morning
by Nurija Mehovic
5 likes | 120 views | 6 comments