I lost the sole in Venice. I only noticed it once it was gone several hours after, at the end of my long walk through Castello. I felt the imbalance belatedly, pulled up first one foot and then the other,...

There is so much rage in humanity How can our forests not burn How can our mountains not spew the terror within How can our seas not course through and over the earth destroying the essence of what destroys them...

The inner sanctum of the tigers was a maze of cages with a narrow galley connecting them. Caretakers stood in the galley when checking or interacting with the animals. Three large spaces, separated by steel rods had a door at...

When I was at university completing my postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism, my final project required a trip to London. Specifically the London Zoo.  I was researching the breeding of tigers in captivity by conservationist zoological societies. I wanted to...

  We sit separated from each other Our bodies at least two meters apart Yet the spirit within us Unable to distance what’s in our hearts The dance of the dark god All around the world Each morning he wakes...

Kali woke up one morning Collector Destroyer Remover She stretched over the earth Kali asana Her tongue ablaze Her heart in rhythm to the beat of death She twirled her toes violent violet black She stuck her fork in tracts...