Ayokunle Falomo Archives

On Diaspora: A Short Essay (Ayokunle Falomo)

Verity La May 24, 2019 Discoursing Diaspora, New, Nonfiction

I didn’t know to dig deep into my own history until I heard Ariana, Loyce and Mwende talk about how deep the colonizers dug their hands into our soils. And …

The View From Heaven (Damen O’Brien)September 14, 2018
Tickling out of a golden universe, the native bees swarm: spots of ash in a warm wind, migraine patterns dancing. Each tiny tick and tock and black note small as ... Read More
2019 QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award WinnersSeptember 6, 2019
Queensland Poetry Festival’s Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award, now in its fifth year, is named after one of Australia’s premier art dealers, Philip Bacon. All the paintings used in the competition ... Read More
IN MEMORIAM RAMON LOYOLA 10.06.1967-12.09.2018November 12, 2018
On 12 September, 2018, Verity La editor, poet, and our dear friend Ramon Loyola passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm. On 30 September Verity La held a memorial gathering ... Read More