May 15th, 2025
The poetic breath of humanity.
Poetry World presents new poems published in Wax Poetry and Art publications.
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.
Cover art by Anna Nike Leskowsky.
New Poetry World collections are published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library on January 15th, May 15th, and September 15th of every year. Next collection, September 15th.
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Published in Edinburgh Poetry Magazine
The Ostrich and the Dipper
by Rosemary Hector
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
Published in Europe Poetry Magazine
Effed App
by Nayma Chamchoun
(London, England)
Published in Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine
Red Roots
by Makara Aikens
(Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Published in Europe Poetry Magazine
Time Thieves
by Şükrü Çiftçi
(Istanbul, Marmara, Türkiye)
Published in Vancouver Island Poetry Magazine
Westwood Lake – A Pastoral Elegy
by Lawrence Winkler
(Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in United Kingdom Poetry Magazine
Not Merely Monuments
by Stuart McFarlane
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
Published in Wax International
Which Way is Home?
by Queen Visha
(Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)
Published in Wax International
Visual Art
The Leuty Lifeguard Station in Toronto
Paintings by Anna Nike Leskowsky
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Published in Wax International
Tired
by Tilly Moodley
(Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Published in Edinburgh Poetry Magazine
Night Ward
by Anna Forbes
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
Published in Europe Poetry Magazine
Priestess of Games
by Maria Carbunaru
(Porto, Portugal)
Published in California Poetry Magazine
A Matter of Life & Death
by Dan Brook
(San Francisco, California, United States)
Published in Protest Poems
Calls for Help
by Gary Beck
(New York, New York, United States)
Published in Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine
Bygone Times Still Alive
by Catherine A. MacKenzie
(Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Published in Wax International
Solitude in Imagination
by Delvine Schuster
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
Published in Angela Poetry Magazine
We Are One
by Nkoyo Nsa
(Odukpani, Cross River State, Nigeria)
Published in Eleventh Transmission
Soul Free
by Steven Bonato
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in Edmonton Poetry Magazine
Say Her Name
by Melany Mayowski
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Published in Calgary Poetry Magazine
Quiet Mornings
by Spencer Keene
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in Toronto Poetry Magazine
When Someone Calls
by Queen Visha
(Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)
Published in Caribbean Poetry Magazine
CARIFESTA X
by Linette Rabsatt
(Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands)
New on the Wax Poetry and Art Network:
Read previous editions of Poetry World:
Poetry World #11
Poetry World #10
Poetry World #9
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