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September 15th, 2026
(National Collection #3)
The Poetry of South Africa presents contemporary South African poems collected from Wax Poetry and Art publications.
The Poetry of South Africa is edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Published by Florencia Bay Books in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
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September 15th, 2025 in Wax International
Theft of Pride
by Irinka Schröder
(Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa)
September 15th, 2025 in Wax International
Break Free
by Onwabo Mkenku
(Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)
September 15th, 2025 in Africa Poetry Magazine
Making Way for Vision
by Leanne Hunt
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
Antonette Williams – South Africa
Peer of Shakespeare's Pen 2025
Shakespeare's Pen: Africa Contest – First Place
Poem: God Are You Willing
May 15th, 2025 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
South Africa Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
All We Have
by Emma Ferreira
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
May 15th, 2025 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
Cloudburst
by Zuziwe Ngema
(Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
May 15th, 2025 in Wax International
Tired
by Tilly Moodley
(Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
May 15th, 2025 in Wax International
Solitude in Imagination
by Delvine Schuster
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
January 15th, 2025 in Wax Poetry and Art Magazine #6
Poetry Contest #21 – First Place
I Didn't Mean To
Poem by Shakira Harris
(Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)
January 15th, 2025 in Wax International
Wax International Contest #3 – First Place
Words
by Delvine Schuster
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
January 15th, 2025 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
Who Am I?
by Carolyn Miller
(Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa)
January 15th, 2025 in Angela Poetry Magazine
Carefree Days
by Delvine Schuster
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
January 15th, 2025 in Africa Poetry Magazine
Africa Poetry Contest #3 – First Place
Queen
by Thato Mokgofa
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
January 15th, 2025 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
A Letter to My Father
by Thato Mokgofa
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
September 15th, 2024 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
Beauty in Darkness
by Imorgan Oliphant
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
September 15th, 2024 in Wax Mag #5
Poetry Contest #20 – Second Place
Gone but Not Forgotten
by Tilly Moodley
(Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)
September 15th, 2024 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
The Mother City
by Catherine McPherson
(Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)
September 15th, 2024
Africa Poetry Magazine Contest #2 – First Place
All Has Gone
by Laylaa Oliver
(Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)
September 15th, 2024 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
Depression
by Siphokazi Mjijwa
(Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)
September 15th, 2024 in Wax Mag #5
Photography
Three Photos
by Siyasanga Zola Mbabala
(Ntabankulu, Eastern Cape, South Africa)
September 15th, 2024 in Africa Poetry Magazine
The Fingerprints of the Unwanted
by Uyanda Mziyako
(Meyerton, Gauteng, South Africa)
May 15th, 2024 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
Spells
by Katlego Charmaine Mathebe
(Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa)
May 15th, 2024
Africa Poetry Magazine Contest #1 – First Place
Don't Remind Me
by Nixon Mateulah
(Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)
January 15th, 2024 in Wax Mag #3
Poetry Contest #18 – Second Place
Remain True to the Earth
by Nutmeg Hill
(Cape Town, Western Cape)
January 15th, 2024 in South Africa Poetry Magazine
Forever Disgrace
by Onwabo Mkenku
(Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)
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