In this issue:

POETRY

Words for Dia!kwain, Stuart Payne 17 // Grass and Earth, Stuart Payne 20 // The House in Kalk Bay, Fiona Zerbst 21, The aquarium, Fiona Zerbst 22 // The Billboard, Nicole Thackwray 23 // Swallow, Nicole Thackwray 25 // Another Burning Haibun, Melissa Sussens 26 // David Attenborough Teaches Me About Life, Melissa Sussens 28 // A Litany for The Hunted, Vuyokazi Ngemntu 30 // Township Tour for Becky, Vuyokazi Ngemntu 31 // Diwali, Jessica Blumenthal 33 // Nota Bene, Jessica Blumenthal 34 // Rustlers at Bethlehem Farm, Harry Owen 36 // Eleven Fragments of Time, Harry Owen 37 // I’m …, Barry Morgan 39 // Remember me, Barry Morgan 41 // The geography of you and I, Ian Bell 42 // Luthier, Ian Bell 43 // Childhood, Adré Marshall 44 // Letter to Stalin’s daughter, Adré Marshall 45

PROSE

Sky Water Tithe, Warren Jeremy Rourke 48 // Underwood, Christiaan Naudé 52 // Vukani Bafuyi, Zaphel’Inntlanti, Siwaphiwe Shweni 58 // The city of literature, Kyle Allan 66 // Makhulu Magic, Kate le Roux 69 // The Woman Who Loved Trees, Elise Chidley 76 // The Art of Smoking a Cigarette, Quanita Ajouhaar 83