POETRY
The Lonely Ones – Modise Sekgothe 20
Ecologies of home(s) – Aadhiya Tulsi 21
Vanitas painting – Aadhiya Tulsi 23
One karmic ride – Aadhiya Tulsi 25
Dogters, Dogters – ’n Vertaling van Danielle Pieratti deur Daniel Keet 27
Alternatives – Phelelani Makhanya 28
Unwell children who grew up and decided to work in the hospital – Linda Masilela 29
Luke 21: 41–43 – Linda Masilela 30
Retrospective – Katleho Kano Shoro 31
celebrity – Claire Anderson 33
Morning – Claire Anderson 35
Raven’s Warning – Christine Coates 36
breadpan the shape of god – Nolwazi Mbali Mahlangu 37
The Psychedelic Party – LaVern Spencer McCarthy 38
An Avid Reader Overreacts – LaVern Spencer McCarthy 39
A psalm for those drowned in the polos shipwreck – Petros Isaakidis 40
Duende – Stefan Balan 42
Hereditary – Alexander Smith 44
Memory is in the Blood – Stan Galloway 45
Reading Poetry While Defending Sumy – Stan Galloway 46
Hope – Lucienne Argent 47
Miners’ Wives – Lucienne Argent 48
Chasing Leaves – Matt Aberdein 49
kamer – Bibi Slippers 50
The Familiars – Shari Daya 51
Blue Daffodils – Nicol Gowar 52
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Main Road – Alexander Murie 54
Corner of High and Somerset St – Tamarisk Glogauer 56
new moon baby, your mom’s a transboy (in vintage Chanel) – Sacha Knox 58
The woman inside the Woman – Aliyah Price 59
The Bees – Jessie Cooper 60
Telling the Truth – Madeleine Bazil 61

PROSE
Keetmanshoop – Bronwyn Law-Viljoen 64
The Mundane Mockery of Dock-Tail Cats – Láura Viruly 71
Sabine’s Birds – Samantha McCulloch 75
Waterfowl – Abigail Kafka 82
Jangle – Duane Jethro 86

REMEMBERING
Why Breytenbach Still Matters – Jacques Coetzee 98
Honouring Breyten Breytenbach (1939 – 2024) – Marilet Sinaert 102