Yvette Henry-Holt Archives

Prize Winning Poems from our Black Cockatoo Editors Brenda Saunders & Yvette Henry Holt

Verity La are proud of the achievements of all our fantastic editors. Recently, poems from two of our Black Cockatoo editors, Brenda Saunders and Yvette Henry Holt, placed as Winner & Highly …

A Tuesday with Two Heads<br> (Jayne Fenton Keane)June 1, 2018
Last Letter At arm’s length. A letter in a frying pan. A smoking Dear John. Slap on meat, pour over cognac, watch the veal flare. The next day a doctor ... Read More
Measure (Eileen Chong)March 12, 2018
Everything we write will be used against us or against those we love. ‘North American Time’, Adrienne Rich The innocence of cornflowers — a dimpled, wheel-thrown cup. Glazed on the inside. ... Read More
Stories Uncovered, Stories Untold (Wendy Chen)November 2, 2018
Edited by Ramon Loyola Wenzhou, China — January 2017 Ye Ye, my paternal grandfather, sits silently in the living room, seemingly weighed down by multiple layers of thick jackets, wool and ... Read More