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Something switched within melike enlightenment.The avocados weren’t ripe,I had been laughing for too long,lips usually lotus flowerscracked from chewing discontentment.Writing became gravestone etching:mourning the dead.As bitter as burnt jasmine,three of swords wielded upright,my mouth chiselled itselfinto a machete; I stabbedthe closest hearts in the radius. Emily J Helen Emily J Helen is an English LiteratureContinue reading “Emily J Helen: Why I stopped meditating and started screaming”

The emperor walks into the life-drawing studio. A grubby four-walled establishmentdecked out with green plastic chairs, charcoal smears and a toilet. They greet the artists,all seated in a neat ring around the circumference of the studio – if a grubby four-walledestablishment can have a circumference. The emperor smiles at each artist. The artists allwear greyContinue reading “Lara Delmage: The Artists”

വെള്ളം /ഈ കൈകളിലേക്ക് നോക്കൂ, അദൃശ്യമാണ് ഉള്ളിലൊഴുകുന്ന നദികൾ.ചോരയും അതിന്റെ പാതകളും. ഈ ഇരുണ്ട നിറമുള്ള ഇലകളുമതെ.കൈവെള്ള എല്ലാം ഓർമ്മിയ്ക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. ചോരയേയും മുറിവിനേയുംവെള്ളത്തേയും. മുറിവ് ചോരയെ കാട്ടിത്തന്നു. ഇലകൾ മുറിവായകൾകൂട്ടിത്തുന്നിയുറക്കി. കൈകൾ ഉടലുകളിൽ തൊട്ടു. എല്ലാം ഈ വെള്ളത്തിൽകലരുന്നു. എല്ലാ മുറിവുകളും ഉണങ്ങുന്നു. കവിതാവസ്തുക്കൾ: മനുഷ്യശരീരം, ‘വെള്ളം’ എന്ന് അച്ചടിച്ച കടലാസു തുണ്ട്,മുറികൂട്ടിച്ചെടി (Hemigraphis alternata)യുടെ ഇല.~ Translation: Water /Look at my palm, the rivers flowing in are invisible. Blood andContinue reading “M P Pratheesh: Water”

Philosophy is nostalgia.All courses have been terminated.Plato’s table is availablein two sizes in a grey oak veneer.Dimensions L116cm x D116cm x H32cm Daniel Pounds Dan Pounds (he/him) is a working class writer hoping to get a first pamphlet out in the world. He achieved BA (Hons) English & American Lit. at UEA and MA InformationContinue reading “Daniel Pounds: Plato’s Table”

Auvers is red and red, as red poppies are seekers of infinite sleep and petals are still in closed fist. A master stroke of impressionist splutters the infinite cerulean sky. One day petals would kiss a painter’s brush.When Vincent’s fingers tighten, poppie’s petals look lax.Look, green yews are gazing, the revelation is standing at theContinue reading “Pragya Suman: Red Poppies of Vincent”

Elee Kraljii Gardiner Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the author of two poetry books, Trauma Head, winner of the Cogswell Award for Literary Excellence,and serpentine loop, nominated for the Souster Award. She is the editor of the anthologies Against Death: 35 Essays on Living, a finalist for the Montaigne Medal and Hoffer Grand Prize,and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a City of Vancouver BookContinue reading “Elee Kraljii Gardiner: Blank Time & Time Stitch”

It sounds a bit like the feeling of watching honey seep through milk. A thick, luxurious, gorgeous sound.A feeling of deep reverberations, which echo through a vast, vastamphitheatre. But his stage, once packed with kaleidoscope fish and pastel coral, is an empty shell.A hollow vessel. So, he moves on. And sings to the ocean –Continue reading “Alicia Hayden: When the Whale Sang/ The Whale’s Song”

The streetcake innovative writing prize is open for submissions until September 20th! We caught up with streetcake editor, Nikki Dudley, to find out more about the prize, submissions process, and mentoring: What is the streetcake innovative writing prize?  streetcake is an online magazine that specialises in experimental/innovative poetry, visual poetry and short fiction. The streetcake innovativeContinue reading “STREETCAKE INNOVATIVE WRITING PRIZE”

Susie Campbell Susie Campbell is currently researching Gertrude Stein, prose poetry and spatial form for a practice-based poetry PhD at Oxford Brookes University. Her poetry has appeared in magazines, anthologies and visual poetry exhibitions. Her other poetry books include The Bitters (Dancing Girl Press, 2014), The Frock Enquiry (Annexe, 2015), ‘I return to you’ (Sampson Low, 2019) and TenterContinue reading “Susie Campbell: Extract from Enclosures”

*Leaves and seeds of the Lunaria and letraset Kate Siklosi Kate Siklosilives, writes, and thinks in Dish With One Spoon Territory / Toronto, Canada. She has published five chapbooks of poetry, has two forthcoming collections, and is the curator of the Small Press Map of Canada. Her critical and creative work has been featured in various magazines, journals, andContinue reading “Kate Siklosi: Lunarian Libation (for bill bissett)”