And at the watering hole They cried until there was more salt Than water And then there was no water at all And the salt dried
Rx Poetry | Grief in the time of virus (a meditation)
As I write these words the sky outside the window is overcast it looks bitter and hard like concrete. The …
waiting for the jobcentre to open
faceless angel lost in leaves I go to her for health salve for pain people pass I talk to a …
spare hearts
spare hearts on the dance-floor spare hearts on the train spare hearts in the sunshine spare hearts in the rain …
Speak as the Tree | Pale Blue Dot, by Sarosh Nandwani
When Apollo finally landed on the moon, I recall the way the imponderable became possibility. For years, I watched them …
A Midweek REST | Prayers on Our House Roof, a poem by Amirah Al Wassif
We were boiling bananas on the roof of our house. My mother’s laughter clutched the heart of my ears. She …
necessary distance
You offered up such easy rhymes, a reason for madness, lycanthropy. You pulled the oceans, and gave us signs and …
Roe v. Wade-related | A Woman’s Prayer to Hekate, a poem by Juliette Sebock
I’m told that She will deliver justice
where justice is due
and I pray She bring justice, too,
beyond the courtroom,
beyond the bedroom
night sketches
Blue light in a high window. Shadow leaps, train darkens past. Grey cat on a glass spiked wall, pads between …
Dancing Mad
I sing to angels with the devil’s dancing mad I singed the fable’s ironclad with praying hands I raced …
