The Hemlock

Year: 2025

  • ‘Tracing My Roots’ by Somedutta Chakraborty

    The Hemlock Journal is currently accepting submissions for Poetry Writing Contest. Click here to participate. It is said that the tresses of our hair are infused with fragments of our…

  • ‘Second Wave of Gender Bias’ by Selena Elizabeth

    The Hemlock Journal is currently accepting the submission for Poetry Writing Contest. Click here to participate. “These biases affect all genders including women, men and others in different ways “  Second-wave of …

  • ‘They Told My Friend’ by Amita Basu

    The Hemlock Journal is accepting submissions for Poetry Writing Contest. Click here to participate.       They told my friend: ‘Stop washing your face.’    Daniel kept the cleanest face, at school – before…

  • ‘Chicken Island’ by Karin Rumie

     The Hemlock Journal is accepting submissions for Poetry Writing Contest. Click here to participate.                Christmas was three days away. The boy and his brother had been awake in their…

  • ‘Hector Accepts His Runner-Up Trophy’ by Paul O. Jenkins

    The Hemlock Journal is accepting submissions for Poetry Writing Contest. Click here to participate.     I was born to holdEverything together,But look at this state of affairs!A brother better left for…

  • ‘Mrs. Manbern and her Minute Wasted’ by Sherri Moshman-Paganos

     The Hemlock Journal is accepting submissions for Poetry Writing Contest. Click here to participate.                Mrs. Manbern had straight black hair that was sawed off at ear level and lips…

  • ‘The Night I Talked to Hamlet’ by Arvilla Fee

    I’m right there with you, Hamlet;To be or not to be really is the question.I’m tired of treading water;how many times can one sinkbefore they can’t come up again,how many…

  • Why Fyodor Doestoevsky was Pope Francis’ Favorite Author

    Today, on Ester Monday, Catholic Christians Leader dies aged 88. We talk about his favourite author Fyodor Doestoesky and spritual ties between them

  • Meet the Judges (The Hemlock Poetry Writing Contest)

    Asha Ponnachan Asha Ponnachan (she/her) is a writer, actor, dancer, and passionate admirer of all things artistic. She is the bestselling author of two internationally acclaimed poetry collections, The Moon…

  • ‘Roy’ by Jeff Burt

               My father, Georgie, told me days before he died that my grandmother had delivered a baby out of wedlock, that my great-grandparents had raised the boy. My dad had…