Poetry & Poets
A space for words that reflect life, thought, and the quiet beauty of everyday moments, curated by Inkazi Publishing.
Poem of the Week
Week 30 (July 2026)
By: Inkazi Editorial
What happens when the chemicals wear thin,
And unnatural light leaves tender faces burned?
When we forget that beauty’s deep within,
And unlearn lessons that our mothers learned?
Our skins grow weary, thin, and swift to break,
Stripped of the native strength that kept us whole,
Chasing a ghost for modern fashion’s sake,
While losing touch with the ancestral soul.
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By: Inkazi Editorial
What happens when the chemicals wear thin,
And unnatural light leaves tender faces burned?
When we forget that beauty’s deep within,
And unlearn lessons that our mothers learned?
Our skins grow weary, thin, and swift to break,
Stripped of the native strength that kept us whole,
Chasing a ghost for modern fashion’s sake,
While losing touch with the ancestral soul.
By: Siona
Before I tell you God’s name,
I will teach you
the language of rain.
How the earth sighs
before it drinks….
By: Siona
There are many women living inside me.
One folds laundry with soft hands
and dreams of sunlight on clean floors.
One wants to disappear into forests,
become moss, become silence,
become untouched by expectation.
By: Siona
It’s nuts, I know.
Well, the story I’m about to tell.
It’s closer, maybe, to nuts. Like the knucklehead kind…
By: Siona Lootu
I weep for humanity.
I weep for the children,
The young lives lost, stolen,
