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Category: Poetry

Two Poems by Hana Jiang

A Well Billion years hiding deep Unstopped, unshaped, unformed Unceasingly, persistently infiltrated It     flows underneath The cracks the blood … More

Aloka, Poetry

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

Aloka, Poetry

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

Aloka, art, english, mpina, poems, Poetry, william

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

art, community, competition, judges, Love, peace, Poetry, prize, ukraine, war, writing

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

Jonathan, Poetry, Ukah

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

Abdallah, Aloka, Chirashi, Cynthia, Goodbye, mbizo, Poetry, Prose, Rivers, Say, When

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

Aloka, destination, goldstein, halina, otherside, poem, Poetry, swim

Three Poems by Halina Poświatowska translated by Agata Szymańska

*** my eyes — no longer eyes but stars finely scattered across the sky my skin — no longer skin … More

agata, Aloka, Creativity, english, halina, poems, Poetry, polish, poswiatowska, szymaska, Translations, writing

Two Poems by Mbizo Charasha

PRESIDENTIAL GRIOT Sometimes memories smell like a dictator’s fart.We once jived to our own shadows under the silver moonand our … More

activism, Aloka, azania, Beauty, Chirasha, mbizo, poems, Poetry, southafrica, writing

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