by Nathan Dennis | Feb 4, 2023
Donald Wheelock Kept too long beneath a stifling log, flames like a dog’s tongue lick the evening dark. Breaking out, devouring their oppressor— Who’s master now?—they point to one clear shot of sky, a circle of clear stars above, angered skyward by red heat...
by Nathan Dennis | Feb 4, 2023
LindaAnn LoSchiavo “Night-dyed herbs,” came the vendor’s cry. “Come buy! Seductive power. Risk-free trial! Please try My wares on Samhain!” Odd plants caught my eye. What did I have to lose? “Can you reverse Ill-omened destiny?” The crone was terse. “I’ll...
by Nathan Dennis | Feb 4, 2023
Amanda Ball A sarcophagus in the dark of rock Walls carved with prayers and runes Whispering glyphs to gods and ghosts Rising with the incense smoke I rest, exhale Dissolve to earth and air Evaporate like spirit Awaken the sleeping fire I feel the slow of earth...
by Nathan Dennis | Feb 4, 2023
Ellen Harold Dusk collapses in misshapen heaps. Drowning in pale blues and heavy umber, the patterns o historic roadworks, set alight under glowing eaves. Sea air whips thistle and gorse asunder. Lonely, I stroll, heeding a distant figure neath dust thick air....
by Nathan Dennis | Feb 4, 2023
Maxwell Griego Don’t add fuel to the flame or it will burn too bright; ours to nurture, not proclaim, don’t add fuel to the flame. They’ll point at you, place the blame, should our love cause others’ fright. Don’t add fuel to the flame, or it will burn too...
by Nathan Dennis | Feb 4, 2023
James Alexander That old oak tree was in sight long before Westways and my childhood home. Long before the glint of the train light bouncing off the gasometer dome, standing, an always. A constant reminder of the past long before the Cuddington Estate fence,...
