Writing Britain Now: Nina Mingya Powles
‘I have never felt so far from the sea,’ writes Nina Mingya Powles, for our ongoing series, Writing Britain Now. Plus, two poems from her Forward-Prize-nominated collection, Magnolia, 木蘭.
Archive: Poetry
Writing Whiteness: Inua Ellams on ‘Men In Black’
‘When I watched Men In Black years later as an adult, I saw ‘Tiffany’ through that lens and the poem began to grow.’ Inua Ellams introduces his forthcoming collection, The Actual.
Writing Whiteness: Performance Art for The End of the World by Chris Tse
A new poem, published and performed as part of the online coverage for our latest issue, Wasafiri 103, featuring a special section on ‘Writing Whiteness’.
Wasafiri Wonders: Rachel Long
If My Darling from the Lions were a music album, ‘it be would be Whitney Houston does a grime inflected album, with special features from Rhianna, Stormzy, Skepta, David Bowie.’ Wasafiri Wonders with Rachel Long.
Donation by Jennie Owen
‘Here, take my brain, each last lobe / one hundred billion empty neurons / firing, its shocks so blunt, my thoughts disrobed’ — a poem by Jennie Owen, contributor to Wasafiri 103.
Diary From The Third Millennium by Thomas Waller
Shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Poetry category.
family tree by Miriama Gemmell
Shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Poetry category.
Pantoum of Soldiers by Joanna Johnson
Shortlisted for the 2019 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the Poetry category.
The Thing About Being In Love Is That by Omar Sakr
A poem for Valentine’s Day