childhood – Wordflower

wonga pigeon in a backyard

Biofall 23 February 202626 February 2026

An African woman in the foreground and young African girls in the background

From a Dream to a Garden of Hope — by Ruth Akinyi 21 February 2026

“At the first chance you know it will shrug/ you off, as lightly as a leaf” 18 February 202628 February 2026

Self-love for the win / An Elly Army 12 February 202615 February 2026

The Ant Explorer, by C. J. Dennis, 1876 [with audio] 11 February 202611 February 2026

photo of the poet nolcha fox, holding a huge bunch of blooms, sitting on a porch swing. she wears a cap and sunglasses, red long sleeved shirt and jeans

An interview with Wordflower guest poet Nolcha Fox [reblogged] 18 January 20262 February 2026

page of a notebook showing writing and drawings. the drawings are of a life-size cockroach and an enlarged tardigrade or moss piglet. the notes relate to the poem and include its title

Sunset on the human race / A tardigrade could do better / Traditions get mangled, entangled, star-spangled / Genocide as a form of tourism: A slam poetry-esque Longette Lite* from the deviser 14 January 202614 January 2026

Reading the cups 2 January 20262 January 2026

a bare foot standing on dirt by a tree trunk; it is night and you can see the person's shadow on the ground

5 Minutes On Country 11 December 20258 December 2025

Feelings, nothing more than Feelings 4 December 20257 December 2025