Poem by Aisha Akram
(Third-generation British Indian and Pakistani) my ancestors built bridges with their spines, ones that told the story of multiple generations of resilience...
(Third-generation British Indian and Pakistani) my ancestors built bridges with their spines, ones that told the story of multiple generations of resilience...
(British Indian) Kintsugi I was created through prayer and hopeI came to be in my pristine formI was wonderful and to be cherished I was too different for...
(Second-generation Kurdish-Turkish Brit) A Reflection on Linens This reflection by P.B. Helbest directly links to their previously published poem, Linens. ...
(Latina by heritage, German by birth, and British by choice) Cabello Rubio Traidor Vol.II Migration – over Generations Fleeing Starvation in 1848 Guilty of...
(Second-generation British Pakistani) Roots That Walk I am the song of a thousand footsteps, echoing across oceans I never sailed. My name is stitched with...
(Third-generation Immigrant of Italian and Ukrainian Grandparents) I’ve never felt fully English — it never quite fit, Like a jacket too stiff, or shoes...
(Second-generation British Indian) Growing up in Leicester, my British Indian Gujarati identity wasn’t something I had to defend. It was simply all...
This Kente Cloth belonged to my dad. It’s over 80 years old and travelled in his trunk when he made the journey from Ghana to the UK. Each handwoven Kente...
(Second-generation Canadian Lebanese) Being a second-generation immigrant of Lebanese parents in Canada comes with a quiet, often invisible emotional burden —...
(Second-generation British Pakistani) pound of feathers, pound of lead we won’t ever talk about it, incessantly crop up, “try not to think about it”, do you...