almost-shahrazad by Shereen Leanne
Read Shereen Leanne’s expansive, vivid poem ‘almost-shahrazad’, shortlisted for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
Archive: Poetry
Ghost Talker Poem by Dorsía Smith Silva
In this poem, shortlisted for the 2021 Wasafiri Queen Mary New Writing Prize, Dorsía Smith Silva delivers a chilling elegy to childhood and to the missing Black girls who never found.
If you read this backwards blood becomes wine by Jordan Hamel
Read Jordan Hamel’s poem ‘If you read this backwards blood becomes wine’, shortlisted for the 2021 New Writing Prize.
Two Poems from Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe
Read an extract from Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe’s Dylan Thomas Prize-shortlisted collection, Auguries of a Minor God, accompanied by commentary from the poet.
ramadan’s greeting by Sanah Ahsan
In celebration of Ramadan, read and listen to Sanah Ahsan’s evocative and rhythmic poem ‘ramadan’s greeting’.
autopsy by Asmaa Jama
Read Asmaa Jama’s haunting poem ‘autopsy’, shortlisted for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
Inaugural Wasafiri Essay Prize Awarded to Antony Huen
Wasafiri is excited to announce that the inaugural Wasafiri Essay Prize for Early Career Researchers has been awarded to Antony Huen for his astute, important, and creatively engaged article, titled ‘The “old Hong Kong” and “a Gold-sifting Bird”: Hong Kong and Chinese Ekphrasis in Contemporary British Poetry’.
In the Name of the Joto, Mariposa, y Maricón by Andrés N Ordorica
A reading from Andrés N Ordorica of his poem ‘In the Name of the Joto, Mariposa, y Maricòn — a prayer in praise of queer Latinx identity.
From ‘Prayer & Breath’: A Short Film
Watch a short film interpretation of Nadine Aisha Jassat’s poem ‘Prayer & Breath’, first published in Issue 108: House Wisdom, filmed and edited by Jinling Wu.