Homage to Kafka ”My son’s so smart: call him a dog Next thing you know, he’s writing a story about … More
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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 … More