TRUE LOVE DOESN’T HURT
In True Love Doesn't Hurt, Kenganzi Anitah Maverick reflects on deceptive promises, emotional pain and forgiveness before finding the strength to rise and move forward.
LOVE OF MY LIFE
In Love of My Life, Kenganzi Anitah Maverick uses crimson, scarlet and fiery imagery to portray passionate love as an intense force capable of consuming the heart.
THE ONLY ACHILLES HEEL
In The Only Achilles Heel, Kenganzi Anitah Maverick combines idioms, playful contradictions and romantic imagery to celebrate a love that has become both a blessing and her greatest vulnerability.
KISSING UNDER THE MOON
In Kissing Under the Moon, Timothy Okurut remembers an intimate encounter between two lovers as the moon silently witnesses their affection, attraction and desire.
TEACH ME TO UNLOVE!
In Teach Me to Unlove!, Ama Poetry explores a woman torn between her love for her “Romeo,” disturbing warnings about him and parents who desperately want her to walk away.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE NO LONGER CONSENT
Must love always lead to marriage? In Love and Marriage No Longer Consent, Nalubega Victoria questions how romance, money, family expectations and social pressure influence modern relationships.
BEFORE WE MET
Before We Met by Godwin the Poet reflects on the loneliness that existed before love arrived and the beautiful transformation of meeting someone whose presence finally feels like home.
THE LOVER I INVENTED
In The Lover I Invented, Daisy Atuhaire explores the difference between loving someone and loving the person we imagined them to be, using striking images of sewing, performance and an unraveling romance.
I HATE LOVE POEMS!
I Hate Love Poems! by K.P.M. is a witty and skeptical reflection on romance, heartbreak and the familiar stories poets tell about love—until the poet begins to question whether he has been too harsh.
WHY I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU
In Why I Fell in Love With You, Jesse Unoh searches for the source of romantic attraction through wit, sensual imagery and affection, only to discover that there may be far too many reasons to name.
