Category: words

  • I know

    I know you’re going to want to see this letter Wishing for comfort Feeling misunderstood Feeling confused because they said they love you Feeling used Feeling like you have everything to say but no one has asked you, Or you’ve run out of people to tell, Or people to call, Or people to take calls…

  • On Booze and Being a Writer

    Lord Bryon said that “Man being reasonable must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication”. The regulars at clubs as well as authors seem to concur, so maybe I lost some memo along the way. Literature is peppered with heavy drinkers. From the Fitzgeralds to the quieter, lonelier drinkers like Charles Bukowski, there…

  • Chat with Thabie

    Chat with Thabie

    Short background about yourself. I was born on the 15th of January 1994 in Mafikeng (North West), spent my first two years of life in Pretoria. In 1997,     we moved to the City of Roses, Bloemfontein, and I have been living there ever since. I went to Eunice Primary and      High…

  • Chat with Coin

    Chat with Coin

    Short background about yourself. Bookworm.   What were you like at school? I was a nerd through and through – although I didn’t like going to school per se. Insane affinity for mathematics. Diligent, highly inquisitive although I abhorred the construct of “school”. On Wednesdays, Gabsie and I had mini-Saturday – where we’d go to…

  • ABOUT: Lebogang Mashishi

    “We all need someone to hold our hand, tell us it will be alright, we could all do with a bit of motivation” Lebogang Mashishi’s love for reading and writing started when he was in high school. Over the years, he observed the life around him and with the hopes of making a difference in…

  • I WANT MY HEART BACK

    I WANT MY HEART BACK

    The day you dumped me, you forgot to give me my heart back, I was not aware that you did that with intentions of breaking me down. You kept it in your hands and whenever you saw me smiling, heading to my happiness you smashed it bit by bit to an extent that I never…

  • Flawed Tears

    Men lost their souls in serenades, Glanced as we, Who believed in eternity, Travel the route to infinity. We discarded thorny trees, Watched chosen doves grace the heavens. We pealed sweat up our sleeves, Slumbered heavily on snares; We believed more in heaven’s padlocks, Than keys we possessed for our households. The onus of truth…

  • Finish Your Collapse & Stay for Breakfast

    Finish Your Collapse & Stay for Breakfast

    Friend: Just talk to her, I mean you slept together. Him:  Not like that. Friend:  OK, so you shared a bed together, talking to her shouldn’t be such a big deal. I’m still surprised that nothing happened! Him:  There’s a time and place. Friend:  Oh shit! She coming towards you, I’m out. Him:  Erm, I’d…