Artist © Esteban The Speech – Volodimir Zelenskyi dutifully resisting evil supported by a brave nation yearning for peace and equality – ‘I, Volodimir Zelenskyi will never bow to evil. Our land is not for sale! Our people is not for sale! Our people will not surrender! We live here. We thrive here. We are … Continue reading Tears and Fears in Ukraine: Glomag India September 2023
EMBRACE the WAVES of LIFE Photo Credit © Coached Success Embrace the waves of life – Poem by Kyle Daniels. I wrote this poem for the person who has been hurt and wounded by life, and no longer allow themselves to let their guard down. Imagine waves coming to shore, some waves are going to … Continue reading Featured Poet: KYLE DANIELS
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Book Cover Art © Vatsala Radhakeesoon Book Review : ‘Streaks of Trance’ Author: Vatsala Radhakeesoon Reviewer: Don Beukes Linktreehttps://linktr.ee/Don_Beukes Photo Credit © Vatsala Radhakeesoon Publisher: Steve Cawte/Imspired Streaks of Trance In this unique collection of poetry, including Haiku as well as an eclectic art collection, Radhakeesoon certainly succeeds to put the reader … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Streaks of Trance’ by VATSALA RADHAKEESOON
Book Cover Art © Janine Pickett Available from Amazon Dedication I dedicate this book to any of you who has ever been marginalised because of your culture, religion, race or sexual orientation. This is for those of you who exist in the shadows, the misunderstood, the dismissed, the forgotten ones. - Don Beukes City of … Continue reading NEW BOOK RELEASE: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi*Thus Passes the Glory of this World: CITY OF DUST
Photo Credit © Raquel Soriano Gil 🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨 Odyssey to Reverie Un sitio de esos – I sometimes yearn to languish endlessly in a place devoid from strife pain sadness hate jealousy and materialism in this ever increasing chasm called humanity where heightened emotions create toxic divisions leading to splitting fissures of boiling emotions so I … Continue reading ODYSSEY TO REVERIE:GLOMAG NOV2020 with RAQUEL SORIANO GIL
© Cover art by Luke Borrill I am happy to announce that my second collection of poetry has been published by Alien Buddha Press and made a reality by Red Fox. This unique ekphrastic collection is a result of close collaboration with artists from South Africa, America and the UK. Most of the poems were … Continue reading ICARUS RISING – VOLUME 1:New Book Release by Don Beukes
I, Phoenix – My fiery rebirth rumoured sons ago as my blue scars hint of my foretold metamorphosis destined to rise into azure skies yet again my aerial domain without earthly pain only the faint echo of my former existence remain as painful battle scars hasten my impending emergence as I hasten to prepare my elected destiny...
A Review by Don Beukes Published by IMSPIRED PRESS (UK) In this immersive,provocative and engaging collection, MITCHELL WALDMAN challenges us to reflect on our own moral compass; through the experiences of the characters and their own personal battles but also situations many of us would rather try to avoid. This is where Waldman succeeds in … Continue reading BROTHERS, FATHERS AND OTHER STORIES BY MITCHELL WALDMAN
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© Glory Sasikala HUMANITY Each one of us has a unique origin culture and belief system which despite our religious and linguistic differences does not change the fact that we are one human nation – We all have emotions that are guided by our inherent moral compass however much we protest against it – … Continue reading HUMANITY_Glomag February 2023
Glomag My Name is Eugene Gromadskyi Ode to Oleg – My father’s proud veteran military career inspired me to follow his sense of duty to defend our country from invading forces accepting the call to duty alongside my countrymen and women defending our land defending our land our culture our honour because it runs through … Continue reading My Name is Eugene Gromadskyi
Auroral Dawn © Don Beukes © Don Beukes (For our Birth Mother - Lilian Marsh Africa Stalls) Your auroral halo beamed into my consciousness long before my hushed emergence into this world, even though my life force was being formed forged sparked into existence – This material world my new universe I was about to … Continue reading AURORAL DAWN
My exclusive Book Review of ‘Contraband’ by Juan Pablo Mobili for Imspired Press, Publisher Steve Cawte UK
In ‘Contraband’, Juan Pablo Mobili poignantly and introspectively reflects on his past; not dwelling on it but returning to key pivotal moments of his life, into vignettes that have shaped his life experiences and making sense of his memories and echoes of the past, to learn from and to carefully document moments that some of us might share or relate to; from our own cultural, social and spiritual experiences in this earthly existence. In Mobili’s own words, he states,
“What we will read and has become quite true for him; is that he doesn’t so much write about the past but rather return to it, to learn what he has missed.” – © Juan Pablo Mobili
This is what makes this special personal account of Mobili’s memories an engaging reading experience, gifting us with precious literary frescoes of family life, the loss of loved ones, teenage love, how politics steer…
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Exclusive BOOK REVIEW of ‘If Not for You and other Stories’ by Niles Reddick published at Imspired Press, Editor and Publisher STEVE CAWTE
ByDonBeukes
Niles Reddick immediately demands our undivided attention right from the outset of this immersive collection of stories, whether we choose to or not, through clear descriptive writing techniques and carefully selected use of language choices,which grab our senses from the start of this creative journey.
“My teen daughter screamed/she’d been bitten by a yellow fly/an annoying species that defied bug spray.”
In fact, this is the central thread throughout this collection, which holds it all together as Reddick expertly sweeps us along as he introduces a myriad of colourful but also realistic and at times vulnerable characters presented to us but also some welcome but very weird situations, leaving us satisfied but hungry for more as we are transported through the scenes in these stories. Reddick certainly displays a knack for carefully curated language choices as in, “…stared at the still, glass-like sea”, which is…
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