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TANAKA CHIDORA is a Creative Writing and Theories of Literature lecturer in the Department of English and Media Studies at the University of Zimbabwe.His first anthology of poetry titled Because Sadness is Beautiful? was released this year and can be accessed at African Books Collective and can be found here.http://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/because-sadness-is-beautiful. Award-winning author, David Mungoshi describes Tanaka’s poems as vivid, subversive and .scatological due to Tanaka’s affinity for metaphors that are located in subterranean regions of the human body to demystify authority.Chidora is currently working on an auto-fictional novel titled Magamba Hostels which chronicles his growing up in the ghetto of Mbare, Harare. According to him, this is a no-holds-barred memoir which reflects his intention to bridge the gap between lies and truth, to the point where the memoirist himself is lost in the labyrinth.His poems have also been published in Gourd of Consciousnes...

. REPUBLISHED FROM ATUNIS GALAXY POETRY MULTI COLORED PUPPET MASTER (TOK DALANG PANCA WARNA) Poem and translation by Siti Ruqaiyah HASHIM POSTED ON OCTOBER 10, 2019 BY AGRONSH 0 Poem by Siti Ruqaiyah HASHIM MULTI COLORED PUPPET MASTER As in old tales he didn’t die he didn’t have beginning he didn’t have ending but he is always there its not because he is magical or so influential but because he is cunning riding on all influential people he supports he is good at cheating he is good at manipulating human circumstances funds and everything around He is not very clean but the people he supports cleanse him he is not that good but made to look good by the leaders he support Oh! he loves riding on them because his name is multi colored puppet master TOK DALANG PANCA WARNA Seperti dalam hikayat lama dia tidak mati tidak ada awal tidak ada akhirnya tapi dia sentiasa ada bukan kerna saktinya atau besar kuasanya tapi kerana kebijaksanaannya ...

BIODATA OF AZIZ ISA ELKUN Aziz Isa Elkun, is a London based poet, writer and academic. He was born in EaTurkistan (Uyghur Autonomous Region, China). He is an active member of the exile Uyghur Community (www.azizisa.org/en).From September 2017 to 2021, he has served as Secretary of the PEN International Uyghur Centre. Since January 2021, he is working as a director for the Uyghur PEN Centre Online Revitalisation Project (www.uyghurpen.org). A BLOSSOMING THOUGHT The morning filled is with blossom but my soul is worrisome something is missing in this world is there anyone to be there for the Uyghurs? Even the corners of these streets are cold like a city of graveyards I can’t feel my Uyghurness anymore my tongue stutters. It’s difficult to differentiate the seasons knowing only the falling of leaves and the growing of blossom in nights of solitude I mourn, there is no dawn star I can greet. London’s sky looks like a fortress there is a street under it, it’s na...

FEMINISTANBUL POEM FESTIVAL 2019 Rokiah Binti Hashim Rokiah Binti Hashim (Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim) (Malaysia) Rokiah Hashim from Malaysia writes using the name of Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim. She graduated from University of Science in Malaysia in Theatre and Drama, then continued her studies in University of Sydney and obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Translation from Institute of Translations and Books in Malaysia. Starting from 1987 her poems and short stories were published by mainstream literature magazines and newspapers. She is also prolific in film and theatre critics and wrote since 2007 in her column in a major national daily in Malaysia and published a film critic book in 2015 titled Kritikan Filem Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim and some 250 articles. A bi-lingual anthology of her poems titled Catharsis/Katarsis in English and Bahasa Melayu was published in 2015 and Spanish in 2016. Her bi-lingual anthology together with 12 other world peace poets titled News From Strasbourg w...

BIODATA OF TARIK JACUBOVIC Tarik Jakubović was born on October 2, 1969. in Sarajevo, where he studied and graduated from the Fifth Gymnasium and the Faculty of Philosophy. He is a professor of Bosnian language and literature by profession. He works as a proofreader in El-Kalem, the publishing center of Rijaset Islamic Community. He was involved in many important projects as a proofreader. editor and promoter. During one mandate period, he was the president of the Association of Bosnian Artists. He is a long-time civil activist. He is a member of the Founding Body of the Association of Non-Governmental Organizations of the Region.He published four collections of aphorisms: "Erosion" (2014), "Zaoka po sred oka" (2015), "Butterfly Satire" (2016) and "Pencil Hedgehog" (2017). Even now he writes aphorisms and published poetry in common collections of poetry. .He also wrote literary criticism. He is the winner of the "Bosnian Stećak" wa...

BIODATA OF ADZIAH ABD AZIZ Adziah Abd Aziz is a writer and a poet and her journal and poems were presented and published internationally. Being a freelance-writer in Malaysia, Adziah Abd Aziz had also participated in a few Poetry Anthologies Books published in ASEAN countries. Her latest work reviewing 2 poem books, Between Stolen Glances and Sands of Sri Lavender by Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim were acknowledged by Campus 24/7 News UDS in Ghana and Iwabogdani.org in Belgium. Writing is her passion .'Life itself won't show the smooth path along the way so the bigger your aim the stronger you should become to believe it and striving in your whole positiveness will soon lighten up that belief POEMS BY ADZIAH ABD AZIZ IT TAKES A DAY. Human everywhere felt sweetness in life met to recognise Obstacles and struggle were set off along the path and it takes many hours, days, months, to stay in health Whilst the ruffles of pandemic still stepping forward one decided to pa...

BIODATA OF FRANCISCO MUÑOZ SOLER Spanish poet with extensive work published in countries like Spain, Mexico, United States, Italy, Portugal, India, Turkey, Perú, El Salvador and Venezuela. His works has been translated into English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Arabic, Romanian, Macedonian, Uzbek, Assamese, and Bengali. His poetry is intimate, full of fine sensitivity, impressive that invites reflection, his lyrical self offers us testimony of existing, shows us an ethical commitment to the existence of othernessin his poems of social criticism, in the search for expression . A universal poet that embraces the thirst for justice, peace and flies the flag of love.His work is also included in many anthologies and in more than a hundred literary magazines. He is the organizer of the Plenilunio Poetic Cycle of Malaga. PROSE POEMS BY FRANSISCO MUNOZ SOLER WE LIVE CONFINED BY A CONTINUOUS FIRE > HENRY MICHAUX We live e...