Hello everyone. Penned in Rage is changing. We'll have more new editors joining in the near future.
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- Jul 14
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July Newsletter
Hello everyone. Penned in Rage is changing. We'll have more new editors joining in the near future.
We want your art. We want to hear from musicians too'
From August we’ll aim to ONLY commission an affordable number of outstanding poets, essayists and short fiction writers from a creative writing or literature background. Two phenomenal award-winning British Nigerian writers have already indicated interest.
We’ll also review your *traditionally published* chapbooks and literary fiction.
Have you got a book coming out or in circulation already?
Email: Editor at pennedinrage@outlook.com to indicate an interest.
There’s a small payment of $10 for your reviewer.
Terms & conditions apply.
What’s Happening
"There are injuries that time quietly repairs. Then there are those that refuse to heal, reopening each time memory brushes against them. For many across Africa, South Africa has become a lingering wound."
Read Emerson Sam Navaya's Article
About the NEW Editor-in-Chief
Incoming Editor-in-Chief: Dr Jive Lubbungu. We are proud to introduce our new Editor-in-Chief. He holds a PhD Lit., MA Lit., MBA -Project Management, Cert. Monitoring & Evaluation, Cert. Project Consultancy, Cert. Climate Change AI, Cert, Development Economics.
He's a lecturer, author, and researcher. He's also an Assistant Dean at the Postgraduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kwame Nkrumah University, Kabwe, Zambia.
Today's Poem
Mirage
by ETHAN BRAMWELL
COPYRIGHTED
What is this inexplicable feeling—
Inaudible
Like the joy around me is morose,
Unimportant
I miss the visage of the person that stood before me,
I’ve grown—
Outgrown
My hair, and every little part of me
The frame, now bare,
Windowless pane
Breathless stained glass,
Purely tyrannical
Unintelligible—
Gross demeanour
Stoic, encompassing
Naked rear doorframe
I’ve tweaked the design,
Fluorescent no more,
Dull—
Aching,
Achilles
The counter,
Tick tock,
Kitchen sink
Pink floss—
Toothless
Brush
Fruitless, I bear no resemblance but for yonder passed
There I stand a mirror image—
Mirage
Driftless, Titanic
Titan, yet mustard like
Spreading seeds of doubt over my cloudy mood
Marooned in my shell—
Cancer to his Capricorn
About the Poet
ETHAN BRAMWELL is a 31-year-old South African poet. His poem, ‘Horseback’ was shortlisted in the 2026 Bridgette James Poetry Competition.
Featured at: https://ellaspoems.com/pennedinragemay-aug2026#ethan-mramwell-mirage
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