Issue 79: 24 January 2019

Costa

By Amirah Al Wassif   Everyone has heard of Costa’s miracles in our grey village: the boy who had a wooden toy and a cheerful wren bird. His giant miracles were in his spoken wooden toy, which could create a lot of jokes in a loud tone. His second miracle was in his talented wren: […]

Not Dear Mr

By Elisabeth Horan Let’s get something straight. This pussy is not for you. Pussy is for me and my sisters. Pussy is something I eat for breakfast lunch and dinner. You might eat vaginas. Poor those vaginas. Pussy is something that sits on my lap and purrs and is soft and sweet and hunts mice […]

Six Bells

By Carron Little              for Judie Anderson   Life started with a brush, Caressing pigments over fibres Joined in hands, two became four, Horns grew life through walls. Sacred milk became six, Six pairs of hands became eight The light keeps pouring, Milk over water, water over stone Six shifts, Six pairs of golden horns […]

The Cancer of Misogyny

By Pam Munter   Longtime Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill famously said, “All politics is local.” But for me, all politics is personal, especially when discussing the circumscribed role and demonization of women in society. The current spate of misogyny, with its soaring rise in the public forum, has uncapped an ineptly sealed lid […]