Crown Shyness by King Llanza

    * Click here to download a screenreader accessible version of this poem. King Llanza (he/they) is from the Philippines. His poems have appeared in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Sledgehammer Lit, bind collective, amberflora, Voice & Verse, SAND and Cordite Poetry Review, among others. King holds a MSc in Environmental Science and Ecosystem Management and is currently finishing his first poetry manuscript entitled All My Distances Point to Home. Wasafiri 107, on the twinned themes of crisis and recovery, is now available to pre-order.  Photo by David Tip on Unsplash