Three Poems by Coen van der Wolf

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

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

Animals in love It starts with a tiny realisation of adulthood that everything around us is a tapestry of failedefforts … More

Let Napolo Return—and Return She Must William Khalipwina Mpina I I spit invisible flames. They do not see it. Here … More

1. One early evening, a little greyish dog appeared in my sight. It sniffed along the path and stopped at … More

Kenyan Poet Cynthia Abdallah writes a poetic memoir When Rivers Say Goodbye, reviewed by Mbizo Chirasha This is a pre-publication … More

The Other Side Life dropped meinto the middle of a great lakeTo swim or to sink?I wasn’t sure Every movement … More

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

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

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