by Tom Saer I found some orange peel, carrot peel, on the pavement, left for Chester Burnett… Peeling off the snow from a branch I leave it to fall over me. My hands, a change, a pretty Sun in them, press on the snowman’s belly, he collapsed before I got there; he was rigid, the […]
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by Ruida Ding Lay me down Sumptuous covers, queen size bed Scrumptious lover, cheeks brick-red Pull me closer You’ve won it Online blog Epistemology Cocktail bar Ethnography Received your Master of Art and Science in Anthropology A thousand names in your biography Overqualified to explore my Biology Desires orchestrated Intimacy engineered Don […]
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by Tom Saer The doyen of the television cables crouches, one knee resting on the dashboard: He exclaims this is The first and last attempt to dull the children’s mouths! They’ve taught themselves diplomacy with brightly coloured picture-books.
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by David Asamoah Please pity me, I bear a thinker’s rage For Sleep and all her sweet unconscious charms How I have dreamt to be held in her arms To end Day’s chapter on Night’s unmarked page Please comfort me, for waking worries wage Chaos upon my mind no comfort calms Though thoughts of […]
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by Ruida Ding Four past twelve. ‘Forty-two seconds left to make it to the Exam Schools’; I took in a last eyeful of the resplendent Oxonian architecture and let out a deep long sigh, ‘My sincerest gratitude, dearest punctual lecturer.’ A swarm of students made the beeline for the Bodleian transport booths and I […]
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by Tom Saer Part one: ears With shower water making radiators on my skin, a slightly tired feeling coming in To walk instead of take the bus On time, I had explained to me electrodes and consent, for TMS that is. To see your face and brush the hair away from it […]
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by Monim Wains Seeping out the hole in his heart, Black blood, clinging to the ribs in his core, Pulling him to the floor, Pulling the light in his eyes away. At times he would hide it, Dam the lump in his throat with his teeth, Eyes grinning cheek to cheek, Happy as […]
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