there is a sting in the thing that urges you to call instead of textthat girl you met at godknowswhere when you were hungry in all the waysa girl new to the city unhoused and out of a job can beyou call because you have texted before double texted and in that chat, cricketsyoure lonelier than when you went to that new school and for a month could notfit into the already tight … [Read more...] about Friendship Fails, By: Phodiso Modirwa
Phodiso Modirwa
About Phodiso Modirwa
Phodiso Ntongana is a writer and poet with works published on Guernica Magazine, Brittle Paper, Lolwe, The Shallow Tales Review, 20:35: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, The Weight Of Years: An Afro Anthology of Creative Nonfiction and elsewhere. Her Chapbook, ‘Speaking In Code’ was selected by the African Poetry Book Fund and Akashic Books and published as part of the New Generation African Poets Box Set (Tisa). Phodiso’s work has been commissioned by The Botswana Embassy in Switzerland, and she has performed at the inauguration of the current president of Botswana, His Excellency Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi.
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