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20/03/2023

Today with us is a wistful porm by Gabriella Garofalo, all the way from Italy. Image by Dadu Shin

29/11/2022

Emma is a high school student who takes part in any writing opportunity out there. This is piece is particularly her favourite of anything she’s ever written.

14/11/2022

See Me by Lara Makela.

Lara Makela is an 11th grade Ontario highschool student at LoEllen Park Secondary School. She loves to read, swim and most of all write poetry. Her passion is to become a writer (coincidentally). Her inspiration comes by the way of Szymborska’s poetry and the little thoughts that seem to drift in and out of her ears. She is very grateful for a chance to let more people hear
her voice.

Read the full poem in bio

09/08/2022

Beth Train-Brown way to go!

Renard Press has secured Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman, the debut poetry collection by Elizabeth Train-Brown.  

08/03/2022

Today on the International Women Day we have a poem by to give you all as a present.

Chocolate is one of the first poems from an anthology Ami Clement is working on titled ‘Pantry’, which looks at household objects and their significance. Here she considers what conventional displays of love and affection mean to a modern woman, inspired by Carol Ann Duffy and traditional sonnets.

08/03/2022

https://tastzine.com/2022/03/08/chocolate-by-ami-clement/

Chocolate is one of the first poems from an anthology Ami Clement is working on titled ‘Pantry’, which looks at household objects and their significance. Here she considers what conventional displays of love and affection mean to a modern woman, inspired by Carol Ann Duffy and traditional sonnets.

Ami Clement

17/01/2022

Lara Schmidt is a poet from Berlin. Writing poetry, short stories and sometimes movie scripts, has been her creative outlet for about two years now. In Lara’s words, “It’s a way for me to understand myself better, and if other people can feel more understood by reading my poetry it means the world to me. I believe that writing can convey a form of truth, that can’t really be achieved any other way. The emotional depth of humans is hard to put into words, but I keep trying everyday and my love towards writing grows daily.” Full poem in bio. Image by Molly Bounds ***r

17/01/2022

https://tastzine.com/2022/01/17/im-tired-of-my-own-skin-by-lara-schmidt/

Lara Schmidt is a poet from Berlin. Writing poetry, short stories and sometimes movie scripts, has been her creative outlet for about two years now. In Lara’s words, “It’s a way for me to understand myself better, and if other people can feel more understood by reading my poetry it means the world to me. I believe that writing can convey a form of truth, that can’t really be achieved any other way. The emotional depth of humans is hard to put into words, but I keep trying everyday and my love towards writing grows daily.”

07/12/2021

Here's our first December post: a moving short story by May Flores beautifully illustrated by .
There might be tears. But it's worth it.

http://tastzine.com/2021/12/07/sin-aliento-by-may-flores/

Un vacío silencioso y profundo llena sus oídos. No le molesta ningún ruido. Eva abre

23/11/2021

In our November post we feature two Italian talents:
•Francesca Flora Meloni, author of I Hold You x2 is multidisciplinary artist, her poem is illustrated by •Laura Bianchi’s work.
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You can read the full poem and appreciate the illustration on our website 💙

28/09/2021

A poem on painful memories by Hannah Stephings

It comes up again and  I don’t use those mindfulness techniques  taught by a kind,

02/08/2021

For today we chose a delicious short story in Spanish by Gemma Artieda. It's called "The brave lamp".

Gemma was born in Barcelona in 1971, she writes flash fiction and novels and is currently preparing the launch of her first book, “El número veinticuatro”, while working on the second one.



http://tastzine.com/2021/07/30/la-lampara-valiente-by-gemma-artieda/

Cuando al día siguiente de la boda pusimos los regalos sobre la mesa minimalista del

26/07/2021

we miss New York!

http://tastzine.com/2021/07/26/awaking-in-new-york-by-maya-angelou/

Curtains forcing their will against the wind,children sleep,exchanging dreams with seraphim. The citydrags itself awake on subway straps;

14/07/2021

Today with us a beautiful short story by Nadia Barrera.

Nadia Barrera, born in Chile in 1988, moved to Barcelona at the age of fourteen. Her passion for the letters has led her to get involved in various poetic-narrative projects on the Barcelona cultural scene such as ‘Las poetógrafas’, the ”Prostíbulo poético’ and the ‘Slam de escritura’. She is currently working on her first novel.

Es verdad que después de haber conocido a Romina pensé: ojalá la atropelle un auto

05/07/2021

Happy Monday!

She must be a variety.Change so that nothing will change.It's easy, impossible, tough going, worth

31/05/2021

“Complicity” was written on May 12th, 2021, after the news about the imminent evictions in Sheikh Jarrah had been published in worldwide media. The author Anna Chatzimichael is based in Athens, Greece.

http://tastzine.com/2021/05/30/complicity-by-anna-chatzimichael/

Hypocrite!,  – a Greek word –  sitting in a distant room  as if separate from