The Poetry Korna is a living archive – a space for poems that breathe, bruise, and bloom.
Each month, a panel of poets from across Africa listens for truth in language, for the tremor in an honest line. From these echoes, they select up to ten pieces that capture what it means to be alive in this moment.
We are not chasing perfection here. We are chasing pulse – the heartbeat in words, the small revolutions that happen when a poem names what we’ve been afraid to say.
Poets and spoken word artists from anywhere on the continent are invited to send their work: written or recorded, crafted or raw, as long as it is authentic.
At the moment, we are unable to pay contributors – but this is something we are working toward. Our goal is to grow the journal into a sustainable, paid platform that honours poets for the weight and wonder of their words.
This is the Korna – a meeting point of stories, accents, and languages. A space where art listens before it speaks. A home for those who write not to impress, but to remember.
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