Girl-Beast wake and wail with me Pack your wounds with rocks and mud Let growls rip betwixt your teeth Be killer, hunter, fighter, thief, Give …
Child Eight by Elizabeth Gibson
In one of my optimistic fantasies in which I finally am in a position to have kids, I and my partner have eight children between …
I miss you by Vrinda Jotwani
I haven’t written in a while, it seems like the words have abandoned me, like all your organic teas, forgotten, sitting in the silence of …
Work in Progress by Noor Dhingra
I am a work in progress. My sentences don’t form in my head, just yet. Instead, they form in mid-air while I’m trying too Hard …
Belle Lettres: Sandra Cisneros
Hello, and welcome back to another edition of Belle Lettres! The Belle for the month of May is Sandra Cisneros. Cisneros is a poet, novelist, …
Build Me a Woman by Shiuli Dutta
Your fingers will never be enough, To count the number of times They called you a slut. But your soul, your soul is armoured enough, …
She’s Electric by Adriana Danish
Jellyfish are transparent in color and you can see all of its insides. And even though you know touching it would do you harm, you’re …
Hortensia’s Speech by Farah Ghafoor
out of the cement the plaster come unholy diamonds. these slate men pointing fingers at priestesses goddesses hookers in silver. water pools from the salivating …
Everything and Everything by Asma Gaba
Sometimes I think I’m okay. But other (most) times I am an enormous mass, a large amount of misery. It eats me up and breaks …