by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | Jun 26, 2026 | Word & Image
Forecast biro, gel pen & found text on paper, 2026 A city melts in the middle. A man hurries toward a changed world. People move to be near the future. A woman glimpses herself in the robes of a vision Nina Nazir is a British...
by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | Jun 26, 2026 | Featured, Poetry, Uncategorized
Khair At the feet of al-Ka‘ba you asked for a daughter. You named me Khair – Blessing. I answered inside you forcing myself into your ribs remaking you in the emptiness of your lungs. in the space he made— his shoes left in the...
by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | Jun 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Bay Laurel My last will and testament is to be buried under the bay tree flourishing in my back garden. Standing there, year after year, like a planted woman taken from again and again. One day, her leaves will no longer replenish. But for now she...
by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | Jun 24, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
Smashing Narcissus We set about him with rifle butts and spades, waiting our turn alongside our enemies, the same sunburnt flesh, the same blistered feet. Met where our camps, the same badly pitched shelters, the same lack of meat, converged. Laboured...
by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | Jun 23, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
She remembers the house of her husband He’s not, as they said he is: loathsome, most monstrous. He has a strange and sinister beauty. His eyes are obsidian, shot through with gold, a ruby burning in each. A noble brow, and magnificent cheekbones. You can...
