A Well Billion years hiding deep Unstopped, unshaped, unformed Unceasingly, persistently infiltrated It flows underneath The cracks the blood … More
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Two Poems by Bharti Bansal
Animals in love It starts with a tiny realisation of adulthood that everything around us is a tapestry of failedefforts … More
Three Poems by William Mpina
Let Napolo Return—and Return She Must William Khalipwina Mpina I I spit invisible flames. They do not see it. Here … More
Writing Ukraine Prize 2023: Meet the judges
The aftermath of war can be very disturbing, so much that it triggers a lot of negative happenings, things that … More
A Tale from the Cobblestoned Street — Hana Jiang
1. One early evening, a little greyish dog appeared in my sight. It sniffed along the path and stopped at … More
‘Starman’ — Dejan Sklizović
STARMAN By Dejan Sklizović The enemy had been among us for a long time, but we could not trace him. … More
Caravan Chef talks to poetically dynamic Cathleen Davies as they eat metaphor/irony-calcium rich strawberries from aloka magazine forest
Originally posted on PAN- WRITERS CARAVAN:
Cathleen Davies, your poetic- organically simplified verses are bitter-chocolate mousse to architects of political discord, you…
Two Poems by Jonathan Ukah
The Break-Out Boy I am a break-out boy, baby, With no mountain in my hair, No junks in my feet. … More
When Rivers Say Goodbye — Review by Mbizo Chirasha
Kenyan Poet Cynthia Abdallah writes a poetic memoir When Rivers Say Goodbye, reviewed by Mbizo Chirasha This is a pre-publication … More
Two Poems by Halina Goldstein
The Other Side Life dropped meinto the middle of a great lakeTo swim or to sink?I wasn’t sure Every movement … More
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