Lately
we’ve been signing across a wide expanse of green as questions cast shadows while we mouth hopes slowly accompanied by clarifying gestures with twinkling understanding emerging or fading overhead
Fati D. Ashley
Fati D. is a Ghanaian-American creative whose paintings were shown in the 2022 AfroFuturism Festival and is a primary editor for The Banyan Review. Her writing was most recently performed in ECHOES OF US, a series of curated monologues, Directed by Tony Award nominee Michele Shay. Her MA in English (Rhetoric and Composition) is from the University of North Florida. Whether literary or visual, all of Fati’s work is an artifact of personal discovery. @studiofatid
Mundane
Light rays pierce the dense clouds. They crack open oozing daybreak. Seagulls swing back and forth in the air as vines. Glazed in shades of peach, thoughts contort into origami birds They perch at the edge of daydreams. Inspiration rushes in and dissipates with the white tide and movement of the sun toward the work day. Ahead, a broken kite… Read more →