October 2018 By Sarah Leck Spring – four years ago We had 2 picnic blankets spread under the few cherry blossom trees behind your apartment building. They held an assortment of chips and snacks, poker cards scattered from playing King’s Cup, our friends lolling around in laughter and easy conversation. We were all drunk on […]
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Faces of Japan
A Photo Series By Ilan parienté There are many ways of travelling a country. Either through sightseeing, enjoying a taste of the local food and alcohol down to the bustling streets, unique architecture or simply relaxing in nature. You have the choice to either bring along a loved one or friends or solely enjoy the mesmerising […]
Traveling with Art
A Travelogue By Sarah Leck NAOSHIMA Naoshima is a remote island in the Japan Seto Inland Sea, accessible only by ferry from Uno Port in Okayama or Takamatsu Port in Kagawa. It is one of the islands part of the Setouchi Triennale International Art Festival, a contemporary art festival next taking place in 2019. Tadao […]
Ka Hum Lay Nawo Na
A Poem By Nicholas Bruce A green and white bolt of pure energy streams down from nowhere, piercing the suffocating blackness that threatened to stay. There is now a shimmering quality to the room, and he has no idea where he is or what he was just doing. He sifts through the fog of amnesia, […]
Persian Poetry: Eyes Must Be Rinsed
A Column By Mehdi Bagheri Eyes Must Be Rinsed I don’t know why they call Horse, a noble being? Pigeon, a pretty bird? And why no vulture is In anyone’s birdcage? Why a clover Is inferior to a red tulip flower? Eyes must be rinsed Something else must be seen Words must […]
neruda knows
A Poem By Juwayriya Bemath “…what spring does to the cherry blossoms…” ************** you picked at my thorns and resentment picked at me when you tried to force me to leave this darkened cavern of knuckles i call home. your vines grew into the spaces i found bare and deserted till you reached for my […]
Spring
A Poem By Nkwana Joshua this is how I welcome you – with flowers brooding in the yards, sun pulsating in wonder whispering and humming through our ears, we saw you moving our hearts to the hills we saw you chanting our names in laughter, we knew we have you when we saw you we […]
Snowdrop
A Short Story By jec. young I arrived in the bleak midwinter of a country without sunlight. The orange street lamps seemed as though they never turned off. I didn’t understand how to cope with the cold, so I sat with my back against the radiator constantly, and I slept in everything I owned. I walked […]
Beginning
A Poem By Tijana Šarac That it had been the end Never occurred to me For it was being buried And set free at once From every expectation Held against life None could rescue But neither imprison Me. What would become Of me If I were to let go Of it false hope, fair illusion […]
