In this issue:

POETRY

Burial, Tariro Ndoro 16 // Bagamoyo, Gathondu Mwangi 17 // Following Taban, Lesego Thole 18 // The Sestina – A Necrology, Aryan Kaganof 20 // Hollow, Become, Jim Pascual Agustin 24 // Leftovers of Laughter, Jim Pascual Agustin 25 // Gqom Bomb, Jonathan Hall 26 // Adams Closing Down Sale, Jonathan Hall 27 // Strawberries, Matthew Friday 28 // Measurement Problem, Simone Rademeyer 29 // April Untitled, Simone Rademeyer 31 // Plettenberg Bay, 2002, Sean MacGinty 32 //Ennui, Erica Livingston 33 // Retrograde, Erica Livingston 34 // Graveyard, Sarah Frost 35 // Dirt Road, Takudzwa Goniwa 36 // Bushwillow Glade, David Copeland 37 // Isinkwa Nezimbali, Sarah Guinevere Smit 38 // Inzila, Sithembele Xhegwana 40 // Fear is a Deadly Enemy, Tinashe Mushakavanhu 42 // There Ain’t No Black on the Union Jack, Tinashe Mushakavanhu 43 // Home Ties, Thandokazi Mayo 44 // Conversations With My Cysts, Saaleha Idrees Bamjee 45

PROSE

The Whip Fetchers, Aress Mohamed 47 // In the Shadows of the Skyscrapers, Sindi-Leigh McBride 54 // The Plan, Jonathan Vidgop 61 // Proper Girls Wear Coats, Prenesa Naidoo 63 // Midnight in Abidjan, Gershwin Wanneburg 67 // 1 7 21 39 47 (13), Duane Jethro 73 // Free Spirit, Kristien Potgieter 86