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Silver 2 July 20263 July 2026

Sorry not sorry 30 May 202625 May 2026

Home 9 May 20269 May 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

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

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 202626 July 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 August 2026