INSTINCTS: Poetry

Our online poetry series, publishing Asian speculative poems by various international writers.

2022

#28: ‘The Divine Beasts’ by Yukari Kousaka (June 23rd, 2022)

#29: ‘Ming Dynasty Cats’ by Mary Soon Lee (July 2022)

#30: ‘A Costly Mistake’ by Maria S. Picone (November 7th, 2022)

2021

#17 ‘Hot Pursuit Goes Underground, Hostage Unharmed’ by John H. Dromey (January 14th, 2021)

#18: ‘Si Tenggang the Sailor’ by Ismim Putera (February 4th, 2021)

#19: ‘The Legend of the Devil Bird’ by Anne Silva (February 25th, 2021)

#20: ‘No Man is an Island’ by Ismim Putera (March 11th, 2021)

#21: ‘Mebu’yan Writes a Letter to an Old Friend’ by Alton Melvar M Dapanas (March 25th, 2021)

#22: ‘Inter-dimensional Classified Ad’ by Sultana Raza (June 10th, 2021)

#23: ‘Quantic Chance’ by Sultana Raza (June 14th, 2021)

#24:  ‘The Akashic¹ Yatra^2′ by Sultana Raza (June 17th, 2021)

#25: ‘Defiance’ by Amrita Valan (July 15th, 2021)

#26: ‘Torrid Turnabout’ by John H. Dromey (August, 2021)

#27: ‘Equipment Checklist (for a Yōkai P.I.’s Stakeout from behind a High Privacy Fence)’ by John H. Dromey (October 22nd, 2021)

2020

#4 ‘At the Asian Art Center’ by Vonnie Winslow Crist (February 14th, 2020)

#5 ‘Setsubun’ by Kelly Matsuura (March 11th, 2020) 

#6 ‘Lee Chung-Chung’s Painting Tells a Story’ by Vonnie Winslow Crist (May 14th, 2020)

#7 ‘Midnight’ by Mary Soon Lee (June 4th, 2020)

#8 ‘The Manananggal, On A First Date’ by Celestine Trinidad (July 12, 2020)

#9 ‘Bedtime’ by Mary Soon Lee (August 12th, 2020)

~October poems are horror/dark fantasy themed for Horror Matsuri~

#10 ‘Qingming; Clarity’ by Therese Choon (October 1st, 2020)

#11 ‘Spooky Yuki-onna’ by John H. Dromey (October 8th, 2020)

#12 ‘Eye for an Eye’ by Maggie D. Brace (October 15th, 2020)

#13 ‘Rubies & Gold’ by Kelly Matsuura (October 22nd, 2020)

#14 ‘A Yōkai’s Haiku Halloween Abroad’ by John H. Dromey (October 29th, 2020)

#15 ‘Bloodwork Mandarins’ by Deborah Wong (November 19th,2020)

#16 ‘Casting Call for a Method Actor’ by John H. Dromey (December 17th, 2020)

2019

#1 Untitled Haiku by Stewart C. Baker (October 3rd, 2019)

#2 ‘Graveyard Shift’ by Kym Whysall Hammond (November 21st, 2019)

#3 ‘Gobi Sands’ & ‘Kappa’ by DJ Tyrer (December 21st, 2019)

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