Literature, Poetry & Criticism

Previously published in Best Australian Poems by Black Inc Books and short listed for the Newcastle Poetry Prize.

This book is a journey through heartbreak, grief, loss, and love. Of understanding, acceptance, and the beauty of life's gifts. Especially that of love. Love is us. May you never forget the love that surrounds you as you go on this journey too. i started writing for all of my lost love and within that heartbreak it was love that i found - payton olivia w

Not only am I the girl from @lemikasummer96 who was honored to meet the great icon 2Pac Shakur, I'm also a poet! I'm a single mother with a dream who chose to make it come true! Although Pac was one of the first souls that inspired through his art, physical being and spirit, I'm also moved by other legends and beautiful souls, which led me to create a unique style of poetry I refer to as Letters From an Angel. I've been writing poetry the majority of my life. This has helped me get through some

Not only am I the girl from @lemikasummer96 who was honored to meet the great icon 2Pac Shakur, I'm also a poet! I'm a single mother with a dream who chose to make it come true! Although Pac was one of the first souls that inspired through his art, physical being and spirit, I'm also moved by other legends and beautiful souls, which led me to create a unique style of poetry I refer to as Letters From an Angel. I've been writing poetry the majority of my life. This has helped me get through some

"The beauty of a poem is not in the length of the content...It's in the power of the words."

Like Krishna and Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita or Machiavelli and Lorenzo de'Medici with The Prince, "A King Must Understand" is a rendition upon the archetypal theme of the passing down of sacred knowledge from guru to disciple. In "A King Must Understand", this passing down of knowledge takes the form of a letter written from father to son. This letter is broken into different chapters. The chapters range in style from parable to Conceptismo. In a style reminiscent of Marcus Aurelius's "M

Uncover my inner transition as an individual and get a glimpse of my emotional and mental state during life's many lessons. Let my poems take you through a transformation of darkness to light, a process that everyone of us has already experienced in some form.

"a long exposure of undoing" is the first poetry chapbook published by Sarah "Sam" Saltiel. Written like a quiet scream, the poetry weaves a narrative fragmented by dissociation and trauma as the narrator prepares to leave everything that is familiar to her. It is an exploration into intimacy and precarity, and the way that they change through multiplicity.

poetry and prose about love, lust, sensuality, sexuality, and vulnerability that celebrates personal growth, individuality, and rawness through words as well as a flip animation of a heart metamorphosis.

What would you do if a long-abandoned quarry near you started emitting a strange noise? When things go wrong, we all react differently. Some things and people we will always care about. Others, not so much. One island, one noise, twelve authors - what could possibly go wrong?

In this installation, the authors will lead the reader to destinations unknown; from the heartbreak of driving to visit a loved one for the last time, to the far-reaches of outer space, to mysterious islands inhabited by long-forgotten spirits.

This book is a critical study of South African literature, from colonial and pre-colonial times onwards. Christopher Heywood discusses selected poems, plays and prose works in five literary traditions. In Christopher Heywood's study, South African literature emerges as among the great literatures of the modern world.