BREAST IS BESTGEOFFREY AITKEN we’ve becomedefinite about the way our words should appear to belong. formalists prefer to deal with traditional patterns. the truth is quickly explained by a child who understands the need for a precision...
Like Jesus, You WeptAdesope Ogunladethey came in torrents tumbling downjust like Erin Ijesa waterfall,your eyes, cello taped with glowing weariness, saw nothing but this seven rocks of dolour, embedded in illusion.you wore a face, green and slipperyl...
STARTLING, THE SILVERFISH Michela MennaStartling, the silverfish That crawled across the car, Its tentacles like barnacles But pointed and absurd. There it appeared And there I screamed; The car swivelled a screech, And there it came; The hurrican...
COMMUNION SREEKANTH KOPURIDark ants swarm around the bread of my homeits hands start to paralyze looking down the earth where the bones and asheswait for a reunion.A windthat has always been here from my birthruffles the nestof our questions, that tw...
I AM FIBRE, BONE AND SHADOWDiIIy DallyI am fibre, bone and shadowBut you see meI am an electrical impulseHeard and earthedIn the early hoursYou write to me, pour your heart outSo that I will wake to beautyDelicately you weave for meA nest of words an...
CONFRONTING THE ENEMYCarl Papa PalmerWhat reason do you have to steal into my marriage?confiscate my husband with your morbid romance, of all men why did you choose my man?Why bring yourself into our house, disrupt our life, arrive unexpected, unaske...
WATERED PINESHARON MOYOA fenced garden, the thriving green grass In it all. A single pine in the middle. A spotted star. The world reaps the flavour. I am only a lost pine. Seeking no treatment nor attachment Striving upon blossom, soon its growth Sh...
WELCOME TO POETRYPsalmuel Benjamin EVEN AS YOU FLIP THROUGH,Flap your wings like a ready hawk.This book is more than a plainPlacard of intimate leaves – bearing,Like birthmarks, inscriptions likeIncisions. But here is a scripture ofWhat an infant cal...
MUSICKERRY JO BELLWords move your lips This soliloquy gently swaying my hips With its honesty And splendour of innocence Your word-ful beat Cause me to move my feet And my world will never be the same The gracious way your lips echo my name … You...
SONGS LIKE SPRINGIrina Tall"In working with birds, I wanted to convey the feeling of home, a secret holiday, a song that sounds inaudible to others, but is always sung for you… A place where you can always find peace and relax." —Irina TallAbout th...