THE GARDEN A STORM SEES IN THE DESERT – PRIYANKA SACHETI
Every desert is a garden / but it takes a storm / to hew possibles from / the stony impossible. / In footsteps of departed rain […]
RED CORAL GROUPER – ROZ KEEP
I have been living in Hong Kong on the very small island of Lamma which has a population of approx 6,000 and where there are no cars. Life is quiet and gentle but we live with a giant coal powerstation, which supplies us and the whole of Hong Kong […]
GREEN VELVET – SUE JOHNSON
the hillside is clothed in green moss / like the velvet dress I wore / soft as a kiss on my body / its delicate folds […]
TREASURE BOX IN CASE OF GENERAL COLLAPSE – PAUL NOIRECOMBE
Paul Noirecombe is a young poet living in Besançon, France. After having completed a master degree in English Literature, he co-founded a “poetic tandem” called […]
WALTER QUIGLEY AND THE NOT QUITE FORTY SHADES OF GREEN – CLIVE COLLINS
Clive Collins is the author of two novels, The Foreign Husband (Marion Boyars) and Sachiko’s Wedding (Marion Boyars/Penguin Books). Misunderstandings, a collection of short stories, was joint-winner of the Macmillan Silver PEN Award in 1994 […]
THE GARDEN HOUR – GARETH CULSHAW
There’s a woman who’s painted / her garden with geraniums. / Grown evergreens to bring down the sky. / Hoes the soil until […]
CROATIA – SHANE CASSIDY
I’ve been wandering around the streets of Barcelona repeating the question: What does green mean to me? I’ve just finished a 12 hour shift and instead of reflecting on the colour, I find I’m repeating it over and over. As though the depth […]
GREEN PRINCESS OF WONDER – KIYASU OKA
KIYASU OKA is a Taiwanese professional illustrator and entrepreneur, whose title can be referred to as a professional color magician. She is the ‘Magician of Color’ from Taiwan. Her most well-known writing work is […]
METEORITE – AUGUSTUS STEPHENS
Then, out the corner of her eye, she saw a streak across the sky, just a small thing, but a thing nonetheless. She turned to look at the area of sky that had produced this little wonder. […]
WALRUS – THOMÁS DORIGON
Thomás Dorigon is a Brazilian self-taught artist in the continued pursuit of beauty. Although his main way to express himself is through collages, he is also into photography, music, writing and poetry. Thomás draws most of his inspiration from nature and […]