Poetry

Hua Ai (Nikolina) is an MA student in Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, and holds a BA in English Literature from King’s College London.Her work often explores spiritual animality, intersectional feminism, sensuality, and sisterhood.

"...of recognition and honor of the heroes fallen..."

"...Each breath probably was like chasing after a shadow..."

Arshi Mortuza is a Bangladeshi poet based in Toronto. Her confessional, satirical work often explores themes of identity and loss. Her second book of poetry, "Pressed Flower," is forthcoming in early 2026.

"I do not want to be… the unknown dead"...

"...it came back empty..."

"...I am a powerful Amazigh..."

"...in love through sixty some years and six kids..."

"darkness rolls in..."

"...A foreigner in my own land..."

"... This is Africa, dear..."

"...They were beauties, beautiful together..."

"...you and me and Auden’s ghost..."

"...You can jump back, shrieking, slam it shut..."

"...Something to listen to is often a wonderful thing..."

"...there’s always some do-it-yourself nerd..."

"...How can this emptiness be this strong?..."

"The perch squirmed in his hand..."

"...Have you nested alongside an aviary?..."

"...That’s the epic story, trajectory of the Magic System..."

"...But I refuse to be…"

"Truth in strands..."

"...jazz cats are far from home..."

Charlotte Cosgrove is a writer and lecturer from Liverpool. She has published two collections of poetry and is the editor of Rough Diamond poetry journal.

"...the guns, the fires, the floods..."

"...so the person or object becomes worthy of love..."

"Obviously, life abhors clean windows..."

"...His father returns as a fish..."

"...His impassioned calls for a better nation were a trademark..."

"...i hide things in my bones..."