January 15th, 2026
Every four months, a comet blazes.
Comet presents stellar new poetry published in Wax Poetry and Art publications. Welcome to Comet #7.
Comet is edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Published by Florencia Bay Books in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
New Comet collections are published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library on January 15th, May 15th, and September 15th of every year. Next issue, May 15th, 2026.
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Published in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Nigeria Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
To Be a Woman
by Taofeeqoh Oriyomi Aduke
(Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria)
Published in Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Vancouver Poetry Contest #5 – First Place
Dirt Map
by Lucas Rucchin
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in Europe Poetry Magazine
Europe Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
My Father's Tears
by Marieta Maglas
(Orry-la-Ville, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France)
Published in Wax International
Wax International Contest #4 – First Place
Soft Desires and Other Requirements From a Rotten Body
by Leana Krystal
(Bávaro, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic)
Published in Australia Poetry Magazine
Australia Poetry Contest #3 – First Place
Grand Design
by Michelle Brown
(Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Published in Canada Poetry Magazine
Canada Poetry Contest #5 – First Place
I Found Me
by Cynthia Clancy
(Belmont, Ontario, Canada)
Published in Dublin Poetry Magazine
Dublin Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
The Square Mile
by Maria Beville
(Sixmilebridge, Clare, Ireland)
Published in India Poetry Magazine
India Poetry Contest #5 – First Place
Farewell, My Dhak
by Siddh Dutta
(Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Published in Edinburgh Poetry Magazine
Edinburgh Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Headed North (and all that)
by J.P. Innes
(Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland)
Published in South Africa Poetry Magazine
South Africa Poetry Contest #3 – First Place
Loss Knocks
by Clarisse Terblanche
(Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa)
Published in Texas Poetry Magazine
Texas Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Great Blue Heron
by Shana Hollowell
(Suffolk, Virginia, United States)
Published in Edmonton Poetry Magazine
Edmonton Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Hockey as a Love Language
by Tina Kiklevski
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Published in Australia Poetry Magazine
Self-Worth
by Emma Robinson
(Aldgate, South Australia, Australia)
Published in Australia Poetry Magazine
Spirit
by Cheryl Vaughan
(Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia)
Published in Australia Poetry Magazine
Greenway Lane
by ctfg
(Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Published in Canada Poetry Magazine
Buried
by Kailyn Kazlauskas
(Thompson, Manitoba, Canada)
Published in Canada Poetry Magazine
The Angel
by Justin Abdool
(Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada)
Published in Dublin Poetry Magazine
The Lost Continent of Atlantis
by Dean Monaghan
(Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland)
Published in Europe Poetry Magazine
Probable Cause
by Vladyslava Manuilenko
(Vienna, Austria)
Published in India Poetry Magazine
Scales in Our Garden
by Safa Shariff
(Devangere, Karnataka, India)
Published in India Poetry Magazine
Grave of Light
by Ravi Kumar Karn
(Medchal, Telangana, India)
Published in India Poetry Magazine
Second Child None to the First
by Ayesha Siddiqui
(New Delhi, India)
Published in Wax International
Her Voice Was Like Feathers
by Souad Zakarani
(Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
Published in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Please Let Me Be Me
by Aisha Sideeqoh Kuti
(Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria)
Published in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Night I Love
by Isowa Ohonbamu
(Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria)
Published in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
When the Abyss Wears a Face
by Adeyeye Ifeoluwa Christiana
(Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria)
Published in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Hold Me / Pages
by Tamilore Ayeni
(Mende, Lagos, Nigeria)
Published in Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Seeing the Northshore
by Paul Sasges
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Boys and Girls
by Gabriel Dall'Alba
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Thanks for reading! Read more original poetry and art by clicking the links and thumbnails, below.
Read previous issues of Comet:
Comet #6
Comet #5
Comet #4
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