by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | May 15, 2026 | Reviews
Rachel Dacus writes ‘I would say that magical realism in poetry (and fiction) removes the argument of “likeness”. It plunges the reader straight into an altered world, offering only mystery as a doorway. It isn’t always an easily entered door, but...
by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | May 6, 2026 | Word & Image
home poem 2 hi mum im good mum how are you good good yeah im okay yes im fine you yes I wrote my essay I got a first I want to go home 1000 pounds yes of flesh dry cracked sticking out in the winter yes I got the coat from sports...
by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | May 5, 2026 | Filmpoems
Outside A Parisian Café Panya Banjoko is a UK based writer and multi-award-winning poet. Her poetry features in numerous anthologies, and exhibitions. Her debut collection, Some Things, (2018) and follow-up work (Re)Framing the...
by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | Apr 30, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
Reflex That was the time you caught the mumps and I was half afraid I’d catch it too. Or it was measles and it was me who had it, lying in bed for days reading the bible – children’s version, illustrated – where the devil was all red and had pig’s...
by Zakia Carpenter-Hall | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, Poetry
Prevention Science Walking home from the lecture on Frankenstein through the November mizzle, small breaths of exhaust sighing in the twilight headlights, particles of wet air commingling. When I look into the branches of the evergreens I can...
