parenting – Wordflower

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

Fked by the patriarchy Again and Again – we take the chairs, we send the phones, we pay the theft and we say NO, fk that! 20 February 202620 February 2026

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

Appropriation better cease / Letter it 7 February 20267 February 2026

a fire burning low, with ashes and some unburnt square pieces of wood

The front door creaks open — stillness interrupted — heavy footsteps cross the threshold, the waft of body odour displacing fresh air, a familiar voice can be heard, 1 February 202624 February 2026

6 7 21 January 20262 February 2026

the die, recast 15 January 202615 January 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

selfie of a person's decolletage and them holding a brown plush toy. you can only see the face of the soft toy. It has round black eyes, a large brown beak, and small triangle ears on top of its head

How to be a stranger (or, What Not to do) 7 January 20266 February 2026

An early vice (reblogged, with audio) 11 June 20259 June 2025