CONTRIBUTORS

Leila Lois

Leila Lois is a dancer and writer of Kurdish and Celtic heritage who has lived most of her life in Aotearoa. In her poems, Leila explores a personal sense of origin that, like the ocean, binds several landscapes and times, coming back to the idea that a timeless, boundless love pervades. Her publishing history includes Southerly Journal, Djed Press, NoD Literary Journal, Mayhem Journal, Honey Literary, LA Review of Books and Delving into Dance.

http://www.leilaloisdances.com

Tasseography

For my Dapir She holds the teacup to her lips, gold-rimmed, a protective eye of tea leaves, cardamom swirling, a caldera of hidden depths; divination in the debris. Honey-drenched, rose-scented, stories run through my mind like sepia, her voice dark …

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