by Leah Jun Oh | Mar 24, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Beautiful Nubia sings And I remember my father dancing, A 2 step shuffle, Hips swinging, Palms face down, Elbow to waist, Lopsided smile. Seven mountains, Seven streams, And I remember my mother smirking, Face slightly raised, Back resting lightly...
by Leah Jun Oh | Mar 23, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Maternal Audiology Jen Feroze lives by the sea in Essex. Her work is featured or forthcoming in The Madrigal, Ekphrastic Review, Chestnut Review and Atrium, among others. Her first collection, The Colour of Hope, was published...
by Leah Jun Oh | Mar 22, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
pulling leicester from a plastic tube in a southbank market the marketwoman with tie dye hair flogs musty paper maps. spreads your hometown before us, slightly crinkled. in the crowsfoot creases your fingertips tease the contours, unfurl the...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 21, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Hardly This little what called big These squeaks that think they are rules The drips that imagine themselves storming These less than nothing headlines or empty spotlights This barely hardly that struts so special Are what I call a pile of...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 20, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Woman 2.0 Woman 1.0 had bagged half the market but further growth eluded us. Aesthetic upgrades! barked the CEO. We hired a consultant. The fur trim lacks thought, he hissed at the kick-off meeting. It needs moving HERE. THIS area screams for...
by Helen Ivory | Mar 19, 2022 | Featured, Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, Poetry
* first rain- puddling up to gather the sky * midnight parade on my wall, insomniac car lights * still holding her own among the who’s who – crescent moon Daya Bhat from Bangalore, India enjoys writing free verse and short form...