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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…

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…

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

Bible for Applicants — Solape Adetutu Adeyemi

Bible for Applicants As an applicant in Lagos, one of the first things that must be seen in you is…

adetutu, applicants, bible, Creativity, for, humour, Lagos, nigeria, Poetry, Prose, solape, 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…

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

Three Poems by Raina Manuel-Paris

Accidental joy The awkward graceOf this dying bodyThe lightness of beingA searing painA distant hope Discarding what wasDespite the terrorOf…

accidental, Aloka, beast, joy, language, Love, manuel-paris, mentalhealth, nature, poems, poery, raina, theshapeofthingstocome

‘Eye Game’ – Norie Suzuki

Eye Game I have three ways to look at the world around me.             First, with my eyes big. That’s…

Aloka, childhood, confict, eye, family, game, japan, norie, Poetry, Prose, suzuki

Once upon a time in my Grandfather’s village – Beata Stasak

When he died, their father had two requests. But my aunty could not wait to close his eyes. “He was…

Aloka, art, Beauty, communism, easterne, family, Love, Poetry, Prose, story, trauma

Goose – Yuan Changming

You’ve never tried foie gras d’oie? Me neither! Before leaving China my father told me he’d only heard of bear’s…

china, english, family, foiegras, goose, inspire, Prose, story, yuanchangming

What’s my Name – Kunal Mehra

What’s my name? I was talking on the phone with my father, one mid-September morning, while on a walk in…

Aloka, Beauty, english, family, feature, Life, Love, memoir, non-fiction, Prose, sickness, urdu

Two Poems – Kabir and Ghalib – Translated by Ajit Singh Dutta

Where Do You Search For Me Where do you search for me, Man? I am here next to you. Not…

ajitsinghdutta, Aloka, art, Beauty, Creativity, experience, galib, kabir, Life, poems, Poetry, translation

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