Queen Vashti says NO!
by Okota Ching’oma The echoes of the noise grates my ears Echoes of bells clanging, clanging, warm taut drums pulsating Pulsating Do I choose the bells? Or the drums? Echoes of a trumpet now, Is there any rest...
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Terrifying perfection
by Alpha Chizuzu Your little hand clings on to my finger Yearning for comfort Your eyes open wide, your vision still blurry Your face, not fully formed Inarticulate but still so beautiful I look down at you suckling on your...
Read MoreNERDY NIVA: Bathtime insipiration
by Chims and Tims
Read MoreThey were all searching
Third prize-winning poem, 2020 Makewana Competition by Tawonga Msowoya They were all searching when they came. In large ships and vessels they came, and they came searching for something amid the quagmire of lost and deprived...
Read MoreIF ONLY I WAS LIGHT-SKINNED
by WONGANI MWASINGA Third prize-winning short story, 2020 Makewana’s Daughters Competition The first time I was called ugly for being dark skinned was in 1985. I was only sixteen years old at the time and repeating Form...
Read MoreMEALS FOR MEN
by Tamanda Kanjaye Second prize winning poem of the 2020 Makewana’s Daughters Competition Little Boy, I know you’ve been fed a toxic meal Of toughening up and never caring Of taking every single blow Without ever...
Read MoreLIFE AFTER LOVE,
by Monica Machado First prize winning poem in the 2020 Makewana’s Daughters Competition by Monica Machado I can write you a poem on six days About how the Earth changed after you left On the seventh day We need to...
Read MoreDEAD BIRDS DON’T SING
by Agnes Munthali First prize winning short story in the 2020 Makewana’s Daughters competition If I could fly back in time and redo all the things I had done, I...
Read MoreStarted from the end
by Zozo Nadimba The first time I died, my exodus passed me by,And I let it,Every night whilst my sanity...
Read MoreNERDY NIVA: Hyperliteral
by Chims and Tims
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