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Two Poems
Anthony (Vahni) Capildeo
‘A faint resentment paints / the spiral staircase walls / blue all over again’
Two poems from Anthony (Vahni) Capildeo’s work-in-progress Gentle Housework of the Sacrifice.
Having Recently Escaped from the Maws of a Deathly Life, I Am Ready to Begin the Year Anew
Sandra Cisneros
‘Life is not worth living / without salami.’
A poem by Sandra Cisneros.
Three Poems
Victoria Adukwei Bulley
‘create a national holiday in your namelessness, in my head.’
Poems from the author’s debut collection Quiet.
Two Poems
Collin Callahan
‘He twists biblical spliffs. / Curtains warble in the television light.’ Two poems by Collin Callahan.
Two Poems
Akwaeke Emezi
‘joseph uncle is ghost-quiet / the kind of man you can’t scream at’
Two poems by the author of Dear Senthuran.
Two Poems
Emily Berry
‘I do not see / the slow wheels in my blood turning, but / I ride them’
Two poems by Emily Berry.
what if mary auntie called me on my birthday
Akwaeke Emezi
‘i buy my own selling / spiels, i mean them all, i am so bored’
Three Poems
Eric Amling
‘They have friends everywhere / They have the iffy look of people that are free.’ Three poems by Eric Amling
Three Poems
Fiona Benson
‘She offered herself in return / for her decimated town.’
‘Oarsman on the Drowning of Nisus’s Daughter Scylla’, ‘Pasiphaë on Her Granddaughter, Apemosyne’ and ‘The Chimp House’ by Fiona Benson.
THE STARS OF THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE HAVE A CLAUSE IN THEIR CONTRACTS THAT SAYS THEY CAN NEVER LOSE A FIGHT
Sasha Debevec-McKenney
‘Another spring, another sequel.’
A poem by Sasha Debevec-McKenney.