CLASSIFIED POETRY: ‘NIPPLES’ BY BELAYIA

CLASSIFIED POETRY: ‘NIPPLES’ BY BELAYIA

  Nipples Belayia what’s the difference between yours and mine why must mine be censored why can you be topless on sunny afternoons without consequence whereas i cannot even go braless beneath a jumper without being subject to hungry eyes what makes yours so...
CLASSIFIED POETRY: ‘NIPPLES’ BY BELAYIA

CLASSIFIED POETRY: ‘PENNY’ BY D.R. JAMES

  Penny D.R. James   The b & w photo, not posed, is the picture of 50’s innocence: little boy, five, with a butch and sensible shoes, little bow tie, little vest over crisp white shirt. Sitting ‘Indian’ style, he pets his little dog, who no kidding lies...
REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’

REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’

REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’ BESHARAM BY NAFEESA HAMID Verve Poetry Press ISBN: 978-1 912565 05 4 £9.99/108 pages   Reviewed by Stella Backhouse What intrigues me most about Nafeesa Hamid’s début collection Besharam (One who is shameless) is the innovative...
INTERVIEW: HCE MEETS USAAMA MINHAS

INTERVIEW: HCE MEETS USAAMA MINHAS

AN INTERVIEW WITH USAAMA MINHAS By Prabhjot Kaur     Usaama Minhas is a poet and MC based in London. He started writing in his teens whilst going to school in Boston (Lincolnshire, UK) before leaving to spend a year at an actor training conservatory for...