18/03/2021
ISSUE NINE is alive 🎉🎉🎉 Quite unbelievable that we've somehow launched TWO issues in the middle of a pandemic, but we have our wonderful contributors to thank for that.
This issue contains some brilliant poems by Cheng Him, Imogen Cooper, Sam Wilson Fletcher, Miguel Barretto Garcia (Miguel Barretto García), Lisa Kiew, Alan Kissane, Emma Lee, Brandon McQuade, Paul Stephenson, Alexandra Strnad, RT Tarbard and Tricia Tan. We've also proud to present Winston TL's reflections on reading Nina Powles' new collection, as well as Tash Keary's interview with the drummer Shakira Stellar!
Borrowing Emma's words from her poem, 'The Sea's Prompt', we're humbled to give each poet 'a space to speak' in these pages. We hope you enjoy this lovely issue! thekindlingjournal.org
- Tash Keary & Theophi Kwek