every thing that inspires him and events that are happening around our world. http://www.facebook.com/kjmashishi1 Ashraf Booley is a 21 year old poet who graduated with his English degree from the University of the Western Cape. He currently works as a Trainee Business Analyst and pursues his postgraduate studies part-time at the Universiy of Cape Town. His first poem was published in the UWC multilingual anthology, This is My Land, launched at the Franschoek Literary Festival in 2012. He enjoys theatre, film and cooking. Charl Landsberg is a poet passionately concerned about issues of class, race, poverty, sexuality and religion. His poetry reflects not only a critique of the structures of abuse themselves but also with the human suffering involved giving his poetry a personal tone. http://aplaceformypoetry.blogspot.com/ Honey badger in female form. Rose Desiree Mthanti is from Johannesburg in South Africa. She works as a Recruitment Officer in a Disability Academy called I Can. She is currently 21 years old. She believes that poetry is a word that is spoken by the hand. Writing, sometimes can be the only place that some people may fully expressive themselves. So if this be the area where some can fully express themselves, why not write? Andiswa Onke Maqutu is a third year Accounting student at Wits University. Accounting is her husband and writing her lover. Mohamed Abdiaziz is his Father’s son. He was born on 26/06/1982 in Mandera, a small town on the border between Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. His parents were immigrants from Ethiopia and he, ridiculous as it may sound, is a Kenyan Somali. He trained at Egerton University, Nakuru Kenya as a clinician. Currently he is an aid worker based in Somalia. He uses poetry as a getaway from his daily routine. Poetry helps him find his inner voice and calm. He also writes short stories as and when moved. He has some of his poems and short stories published on the web. Victor Akarachi Nwogu is a prolific poet who has written several poems. He is the author of Blossomed Cherries: the ultimate love experience. He is a motivational speaker, a philosopher and a careful observer of things. He hails from Abia State in Nigeria
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