“Billowing” by Medina Tenour Whiteman
BillowingMedina Tenour Whiteman With my son cradled in sleep's arm-boatI switch my thoughts from idle chatter to Surat al-Ikhlas and feel my …
Reciting Qaddish by Iljas Baker
RECITING QADDISH± O Israel don’t you remember the shoah±± didn’t you swallow its meaning don’t you hear the children of Gaza crying as they recite in this place or in any other place may there be abundant peace…
Pause for Poetry – in Conversation with Yahia Lababidi
Yahia Lababidi is an Egyptian-American- aphorist and poet. He has authored eleven books and his twelfth, Palestine Wail, will appear later this year. Yahia has a YouTube channel where he presents his work and more recently his reactions to the ongoing genocide…
‘Jhelum’ by Nabila Jameel
ILegend has it that Alexander the Great’s horse Jhelum died here and so the city was named after it.It is believed that Jhelum signifies the ‘hoof mark’ in Greek and that the horseleft a mark on the soft…
“In and out” by Juwairiah
"In and out" is a poem from the poetry book 'chai cannot be made in a kettle' by Juwairiah.
Poetry for South Asian Heritage Month
For South Asian Heritage Month Lote Tree Press is releasing ebook editions of two poetry collections by British South Asian Authors
ruins by Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu
Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu explores themes of African diaspora, identity and faith as a Black Muslim through her compelling verse, in a poetic tapestry woven between London and Ghana.