From the Editor: From the January Writing Prompt, we present a selected chapter from a larger work, inspired from the cards of “Magic the Gathering.” Chapter 1 – Gather Good men, The last wave by, Crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in the green bay, Rage, Rage against the dying of the light… Continue reading Pyre – Samuel Fieldson
Month: May 2023
Sawyer Peña – To Grovel for Gravel
Words as they are in my language have never felt correct. I shift my voice, pitch it higher, pitch it lower.Forming letters that stumble across my tongue, Slowly counting to one hundred in my mind,But losing track of where I am by the time I reach twenty.I know it is not correct.But sometimes,I will hear… Continue reading Sawyer Peña – To Grovel for Gravel
Sawyer Peña – The Unending (Happiness)
Fact number one: To imagine death is a natural thing. It is a milestone of brainpower. A proof of concept, that we may think so far as to think of our ends. It is not a bad thing to wonder. Fact number two: Everything is made of atoms. Fact number three: If energy can neither… Continue reading Sawyer Peña – The Unending (Happiness)
Caroline Menten – Seaweed
The green seaweed Strangles me, Its suffocatingGrasp just out of reach And the funny thing is, I welcomed itsPresence at first. Its slimy skin felt like Pearls As it wrapped around My neckAnd there it sat, My own set of jewels. So of course I was okay When it slowly pulled me down Deeper, Closer,… Continue reading Caroline Menten – Seaweed
Adelaide Kick – She, Sirenic
A sanctuary, sculptedOf sea-swept, salt-Sanctified sails Her wood whispering onWind-wild waves,Wailing warbled wishes Seizing scallops of surf on Her hull rasp—Salve to siren-infected soul,Of a sailor scared to seraph-seeing Find warmth in wondering,Waltzes on wistful waters under friendly guides—untilWarped wanderlust turns inexorably wicked Still: salvage sainthood in Her sighsAnd signs, showStar searched steps Quickly! Weave… Continue reading Adelaide Kick – She, Sirenic