poverty
A Journey of Struggles and Triumph
A Journey of Struggles and Triumph written by: Torsaa Emmanuel Oryiman - Growing up in a small village where opportunities were as scarce as rainfall in the dry season...
For King and Country
For King and Country written by: Jim Wilson-Storey - Having little motivation to climb out of his warm, albeit flea infested, bed, Eli Cox...
Downpour
Downpour written by: Pratik Mitra The devilish downpour destroying the kutcha roofed-abode the haves call slum in...
The Way He Went
The Way He Went written by: Frank Meintjies - Kenneth looked around the cell. In one corner was a brown bench, a thin plank...
Song
Song written by: Mary Ann McGuigan - My mother had convinced herself—and us—that the landlord would never...
Condoms
Condoms written by: Seán Óg Ó Murchú - They all laughed at me. All the dinner ladies. It started with your one...
Penniless Dreamer
Penniless Dreamer written by: Marlon Perez I was born penniless I depend my life on rubbish I...
Fatima
Fatima written by: David Thoenen - Fatima sat in the corner holding the little girl in her lap....
Canned Peas
Canned Peas written by: Ingrid Bruck After Morgan Parker’s poem, Afro. First line: “I’m thinking secrets and...
A Final Jig
A Final Jig written by: William Herbert - Amidst the August heat, flies thronged the air in the roads...
At Grubby Groceries Supermarket
At Grubby Groceries Supermarket written by: Joan McNerney Mournful groups come arriving in shrouded cars. Their hair...
Echoes of Atlantis
Echoes of Atlantis There is Agony Above the Soil written by: Kimber-Lee Basson Scorching dry summers and...
Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes
Moths, Moonshine and Other Things that Leave Holes written by: Adele Evershed - Bertha squashed the plum moth...
