poetry

POEM: “Our Other Sister” by Jeffrey Harrison

Our Other Sister for Ellen The cruelest thing I did to my younger sister wasn’t shooting a homemade blowdart into her knee, where it dangled for a breathless second before Read More

LITERATURE: On freedom, Kahlil Gibran

On Freedom, Kahlil Gibran At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom, Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant Read More

Ugandan Women Poets; Take Back your Power

How do we take back our power if we never knew we had it in the first place? In 2009, when the first Ugandan annual women’s BN poetry prize was awarded Read More