POETRY | ISSUE TWO | WAIRUATANGA / SPIRITUALITY Written by Elise Sadlier she/her | @elise_sadlier | Contributing Writer the lord is my shepherd  I shall not want  he leads the lamb to the table  you taught me how to pray  the very act of wanting  how to fold my limbs in like a paper crane backhanded me when I used the Lord’s name in vain still  I would build a shrine to you if I could  I think you’d rather I be split  sticky figs  broken bread  you say that good and evil hav

FEATURE | WAIRUATANGA / SPIRITUALITY Written by Niwa van Leeuwen (he/him) | Contributing Writer We, the dreamers, 'neath the tide Breathing where no breath abides Nothing holds         currents fold and blend Motion neither starts nor ends Shadows winding between each braid Drowning the past, in motion made The river bends, the shadows dance  Drowning in silence, waking in trance  What continues cannot return The rivers remember not what burned In an instant, memory relieved

POETRY | FEATURE | TE AO MĀORI | TANGATA WHENUA / LOCAL Written by Elise Sadlier (she/her) | @elise.sadlier | Contributing Writer...

POEM | AROHA / LOVE Written by Hirimaia Eketone (they/them) | @hiri_music | Te Ao Māori Editor Is it the breath that tickles my neck...

FEATURE | POEM | PUORO O AOTEAROA / LOCAL MUSIC Written by Hirimaia Eketone (they/them) | @hiri_music | Te Ao Māori Editor Breaking the...

FEATURE | DRUGS Written by Hirimaia Eketone (they/them) | @hiri_music | Contributing Writer awaken to the piercing bees  a steady rhythm...

POETRY | FEATURE | MAHI Written by Benjamin C. Fisher (he/him) | @benjamminfishman | Contributing Writer Rectified and wriggling, the...

FEATURE | POETRY | SEX Written by C. Fonseca (they/them) | @c.fonsecao6703 | Contributing Writer TW: Sexual Assault stuck between the...

WRITING | FEATURE Written by Matt Bullock (they/them) | @mbb_247 | Contributing Writer Illustrated by Ilya Kurilyak (he/him) | @kurilyaak...

POETRY Written by Banisha Pratap (she/her) | @bxnisha | Contributing Writer The fruit flies are settling into the overpriced bananas I...

POETRY Written by Banisha Pratap (she/her) @bxnisha | Contributing Writer I need to know the name of the night where I drank so much at a...