The Reading Corner

Malika co-founded Malika’s Poetry Kitchen in 2001 to create a nourishing and encouraging community of writers dedicated to the development of their writing craft. Once we had created the work Malika would encourage us to share what we had written.

Here are some more poems for you to read from the collective

Minotaur tries to talk

Minotaur tries to talk

Agenda

Agenda

Broken

Broken

Woke Like Socrates

Woke Like Socrates

U Fahder’s People

U Fahder’s People

Supernatural

Supernatural

Mussels at low tide

Mussels at low tide

The Roadkill

The Roadkill

The King With Two Shoes in His Name

The King With Two Shoes in His Name

Soft Skin

Soft Skin

Human Animal 

Human Animal 

Pant Y Plant

Pant Y Plant

I Am

I Am

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

Ugandan Golgotha –  Part 2

Ugandan Golgotha –  Part 2

Thinking it through

Thinking it through

Warriors

Warriors

The Charm of Friday Night

The Charm of Friday Night

F-Word

F-Word

Quit

Quit

Liberation Song

Liberation Song

Words for Sorrow

Words for Sorrow

Haiku for Breaking Up

Haiku for Breaking Up

The Witness

The Witness

Elizabeth Estate (Home)

Elizabeth Estate (Home)

Finding Australia

Finding Australia

Anna Dolezal

Anna Dolezal

A leopard parses his concern

A leopard parses his concern

Roadkill

Roadkill

Communion

Communion

Belisha beacon

Belisha beacon

My Girl

My Girl

Perimeter Blues

Perimeter Blues

When Racism Affecting Black Girls is Ignored

When Racism Affecting Black Girls is Ignored

Open Wound

Open Wound

I Come From

I Come From

First Time

First Time

I began to drown

I began to drown

With dawn comes

With dawn comes

full moon at the hot pot

full moon at the hot pot

The Rider

The Rider

7up

7up

A Portable Paradise

A Portable Paradise

Drowning

Drowning

Come Home

Come Home

The Crossing

The Crossing

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