Volume 8, Issue 1
Failing Small Talk
I attempt to look nonchalant / leaning against the fence whilst I wait for you. / Instead, I brand my denim dress / with anti-vandal paint. / The taffy of…
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Volume 8, Issue 1
BE/LOVED
As I stood-smiled (alive) amongst / a line of lavender- (white-) blue / chosen to witness, / soothe-circulating song singed-softened our hearts. / A…
Volume 8, Issue 1
The Only Church That Illuminates
Perhaps, you reflected, your creosote / perfume was not the optimal choice / for a night on the town with whiskey, / matches, lighter fluid.
Volume 8, Issue 1
Bildungsroman as Slasher Movie
Beautiful was the slasher movie / of my youth: the tumultuous shadows / under my bedroom door, the floorboards / absorbing more than trauma, / the kitchen…
Volume 8, Issue 1
The Not Enough Blues
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. / The Carter Family, Worried Man Blues, 1930 / It’s a lie you don’t have to worry: / pricks of uncertainty,…
Volume 8, Issue 1
It’s Like a Near-Death Experience
to write about the sea – / chimes of seagulls, plovers, and hybrids I call sea-lovers, / chant while waiting for bits of bread. / It’s like walking…
Volume 8, Issue 1
Eyes Straight Ahead
Only stone and rock could hold one person’s loss and another’s beauty forever. / – Michael Ondaatje / Any off-pitch halter hums the walls.
Volume 8, Issue 1
Vanishing Hitchhiker
There’s still a highway / and more than enough land to traverse. / And cars of course. / Plus a whole lot of trucks. / But there is nobody at the side of…
Volume 8, Issue 1
Beyond Where We’re At
I stroll from St. John the Baptist’s Cathedral / towards St. Giles on the hill. / Sunlight walks with me. / North Farm is a thousand miles from / these…
Volume 8, Issue 1
Cave Dwellers
Crouched in the cold, / we filled caves with red handprints / to let you know we were here. / We felt our hearts beat, / stretched skin over hollow stone…
