The Thing About Being In Love Is That by Omar Sakr
A poem for Valentine’s Day
Archive: Poetry
The End of History by Tom Sastry
A new poem from the author of ‘A Man’s House Catches Fire’.
The Holy Family at the Border by Margaret Pritchard Houston
‘They have walked all night through the desert…’ Continue reading.
Picong by Desirée Seebaran
Winner of the QMUL Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2019 for the Poetry category
Babes in the Wood by Maeve Henry
A tender look at one pair’s journey from the Middle East across Europe, with dreams of England. ‘Babes in the Wood’ was shortlisted for the 2018 Wasafiri New Writing Prize in the ‘Poetry’ category.
In the Garden Where the Gorgons Live by Danie Shokoohi
Winner of the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 for the Poetry category.
Where the Weight Catches by Claire Lynn
Where the Weight Catches by Claire Lynn was shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2017
Belly Dancer Meets Hilāl as Horseman by Rushda Rafeek
Belly Dancer Meets Hilāl as Horseman by Rushda Rafeek was shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2017
Poetry: I began to drown. by Gemma Weekes
Gemma Weekes is the critically acclaimed author of Love Me (Chatto & Windus). Her short story ‘Portrait of the Artist as a Young Corpse’ appears in Wasafiri Issue 94.
