They didn’t even compile a manuscript, nor have they ever got back to me with the books. I reported the matter to their local police but even they can't locate the company owner. He has terminated all contact with me via email, social media and WhatsApp...in other words I was led up the garden path.

What is imagery in storytelling or poetry? It is a word picture a writer creates. We want imagery to be organic; that is, it must engage all the reader’s senses so they are transported into another world, however transient that elopement is.

I fell in love with poetry as a child, as my mother used to read us poetry instead of children's books (thanks, Ma; I was doomed from the start). My favorite poem that both my brother and I adored was Alfred Noyes's “The Highwayman.”

Now more than ever is it important to save draft copies of your manuscript or written work.

Now that you are carefully hunting for the perfect word, let's talk about using those words to create startling and unforgettable images. Words can do more than merely describe reality. A powerful metaphor doesn't explain what something is like; it makes us experience it in an entirely new way. Metaphor comes from the ancient Greek root word metaphora, meaning “carry across.” These figures of speech allow us to carry across meaning from one word to another. By doing so, we

I am Dr. Jive Lubbungu, and I am honoured to step in as the new Editor-in-Chief of Penned in Rage Journal. This journal has always been a home for voices that don't whisper. It's where we write through anger, grief, love, and hope—and turn all of it into something that moves people. That's not changing.

Poetry is not dead. Do you hear me? It’s not just for people in posh universities or old people at tea parties. Poetry is alive, goddammit! Poetry has a history almost as long as humanity itself. Before we held poetry up as art, it played a far more important role—that of memory. Through rhythm, rhyme, and repetition, people passed on their history and the memory of their people. In this way, spoken poetry predates writing itself.

Greetings, fellow poets! I am Janine, an aspiring poet from the tip of Africa, surrounded by balmy ocean. I am a graduate in theory of literature and creative writing and a published short story writer and poet. I was lucky enough to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize last year.

SUMMARY: In this article I will demonstrate how a poem suspected to have been created using generative-AI, led me to a hit song of a Californian singer, songwriter, and performer: Kat Leon, who’s also the frontwoman of the band Holy Wars, (Section 16) and to a Frontiers Research article about Ants and Microplastics.

Ekta Somera is a South African storyteller. She is the founder of Paper Trail Literary Press and works as a publisher, bringing visions to life and turning ideas into books.

Penned in Rage Edition 5 Edited by Chinụa Ezenwa-Ọhaeto & Bridgette James

It's almost as if Ghana is Seeking to Gag Literary Outlets & Publishers. Or, are they? [Background: Ghana’s Parliament has passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill again in 2026 after an earlier 2024 version lapsed without presidential assent.] Heterosexual or not, we cannot be lackadaisical about the far-reaching consequences of the new LGBTQ+ regulations in Ghana. If you are a literary outlet, to ignore the draft bill would be foolish. WARNING If signed into la

It's nigh impossible to promote writing by creatives who do not want to compromise their privacy.

The only definitive way to confirm that a piece was the product of an algorithm is, unfortunately, a direct confession from the creator. Not AI checkers nor our intuition.

In the winning poem: ‘The Etymology of Homesickness,’ as well as being pivoted into the world of Janine Milne’s changeling protagonist, the reader is confronted with Milne’s attempt at redefining homesickness.

Literature has always demanded from us the gift of expression. A poem, a story, or any form of genuine expression is a medium through which we understand ourselves more clearly. Through them, we examine the present and return to the past, our history, hunger, desire, shame, displacement, and other complexities and burdens of being human. This edition of Penned in Rage has these fingerprints. The works gathered here emerge from distinct emotional landscapes and are bound by th

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Poem by Bridgette James Art by by Kambumban Chawinga Featured Artist: Kambumban aka Kannie Chawinga (Malawi) A Shape Poem by B. James Violinist by Kambumban Chawinga (Malawi) Girl Leaning on her shoulder, art by Kambumban Chawinga (Malawi)

Almost Four Years on, Ella’s Poems Project Still Battles with the Indomitable Metered Poem

The dead appear in various forms: Cadavers of children, the unidentified dead, victims of rituals, dismembered bodies, the ordinary dead, ?? war victims, missing – dead people and ghosts.