Author: Commonwealth Writers

A poem based on the Commonwealth Charter Illustration by Caleb L. Viljoen Aerial roots drop from branch to soil, each…

This poem is best viewed in a web browser. Close your eyes   I see a woman unwrapping a papered…

This poem is best viewed in a web browser.

Angelo from next-door had arrived first, letting himself in through the gate in the side fence, grinning and rubbing his…

It was what he said about the children that made Adeline so upset she barely heard anything he said after…

I trudged home from school through dirty snow and mud. The temperatures seesawed high and low, slicking the paths. I…

Pei was sitting in the middle of the empty classroom, one leg crossed over the other thigh. Her hanging leg…

Before the posters arrived, word had reached us about a new football academy coming to town. Celestine’s father brought the…

The first woman is pulled from the water by a fisherman. She is so perfectly preserved and lifelike, as if…

When I stepped out of our home to move to the new school in the city and choked on the…

It’s 5pm. The white car pulls out of the yard onto the road. Baba sits beside Fadi in the back…