The World Is Not Right The world is not right when It is not just Do not forget us we have no voice tell the world about us the voiceless…the enslaved…the displaced…the imprisoned To the poets and writers do not forget us give words to our plight tell the world We are in the re-educationContinue reading “2 poems by Jameson (Jason) Chee-Hing”
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2 poems by Lela Hannah
Fractured I. Childhood I’ve tried too many times to wedge myself into an electric socket, an Alice in Unwonderland, insisting on existing in places that can never accommodate me. II. Adolescence Multi-talented is defined by being able to cry and eat ice cream without swallowing tears. III. Adulthood I make glass figurines seal the cracksContinue reading “2 poems by Lela Hannah”
3 poems by John Brantingham
On the Edge of the Marsh Ginny and her husband have a farm here at the edge of the marsh, a place my grandfather, a dairyman all his life would have felt at home. They have cows and grow corn, strawberries and asparagus, and they listen to great blue herons grawking to each other acrossContinue reading “3 poems by John Brantingham”
3 poems by Marc Isaac Potter
Time Pairs of little bare feet Running across the Kentucky Bluegrass, Children laugh as they run, Showing off their new Easter clothes. Pappa pops a beer In the hot pool and chugs this one too. Momma is in the house Peeling carrots while Auntie Cleans in another part of the house. All is being readiedContinue reading “3 poems by Marc Isaac Potter”
Oh Lord… a poem by Sabyasachi Nazrul
Oh Lord… Oh Lord… I have cultivated paddy in your land. I have also cultivated onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes in another land. I cultivated fish in the pond and gourds in entresol by the pond. Good yield, I got good paddy in the field. I packed one years worth of paddy to eat withContinue reading “Oh Lord… a poem by Sabyasachi Nazrul”
3 poems by Carl Scharwath
Telos Two evening lovers’ echoes In you forgotten dreams And memories of essence. Touch wordlessly in a greater optimism. Waves of summer morn Under a cloudless sky With flickering lights of desire. Turning like a dancer alone on the stage of life The collapsing leaves turn After their first death and sleep In the placeContinue reading “3 poems by Carl Scharwath”
4 poems by Susmit Panda
After-Dinner Walk On The Terrace If only I could set things straight, I might. But I am spent! I miss my family. Has brother left the building for the night? The sink is chockablock, the TV’s bright And muted, roaches raid the cutlery. If only I could set things straight, I might. Isn’t it time?Continue reading “4 poems by Susmit Panda”
Call for manuscripts. Summer 2023
With library shelves being emptied of books and that challenge certain ideologies and doctrines, WordCity Literary Journal is seeking works on the theme of censorship, the right to read and write, and the power of empathy in societies that are turning inwards on themselves. We invite fiction, non-fiction, poetry and book reviews, and both looseContinue reading “Call for manuscripts. Summer 2023”
WordCity Literary Journal. Spring 2023
©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack In February 2012, just more than a year after the publication of my first collection of short stories, I broke my back. That is the easiest wayContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. Spring 2023”
Table of Contents. WordCity Literary Journal. Spring 2023
Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack Fiction. Edited by Sylvia Petter The Fig Tree. by Ivy Ngeow The Bell Wars. by D-L Nelson The Last First Friday. by William Baker The Chair. by Rick Gillis Non-fiction. Edited by Olga Stein Two Readings, Three Authors: On the Pleasures of Listening to Women Talking. by OlgaContinue reading “Table of Contents. WordCity Literary Journal. Spring 2023”
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