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Black and white photograph of Mandisa Apena wearing a halter neck.

mandisa apena

mandisa apena is a cancer sun from south london. They write their dreams down (sometimes), they meditate (badly) and they have once three-day-hiked a mountain – most of their poems revolve around themes in this realm. They have a self-published poetry book called and twice as bitter (2016), and a pamphlet the world’s darling, forthcoming with Bad Betty Press in 2026.