Nine-line Navratri poem: a collage of ideas, words and pictures [a dialogue with Bhanu Kapil] The pungent smell of my hot thick blood poured over knotted limbs … Continue reading Navratri Poem
Navratri Poem
Poetry
Aphrodisios #Budget2015
unnoticed unborn unvoiced under you under me underclass you hate everything i do or you just don’t see me i creep unseen and uninvited through the loopholes of your world insidious inseparable from systems designed to hide … Continue reading Aphrodisios #Budget2015
(Soma)tic Poetry
[*This post contains explicit language and references to sexual violence*] This week in our Experimental Writing class, we've been working with some (Soma)tic Poetry ideas by CA Conrad from the book A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon (Wave Books, 2012). (Soma)tic Poetry is designed to open up our creativity by stepping outside the realms of 'normal' writing practice, … Continue reading (Soma)tic Poetry
Homecoming
Uncaged I step into my full moonlight: glittering starbright on this mountain top. My roots, diving into You, grow like trees - stronger, deeper, surer. Alive. So truly my own Self: I spread my butterfly wings... And fly. 'The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation' Ps.118:14 Illustration by QuirkyJoe
Sally-Shakti Willow 