The Cord When I thought of what she was carrying I imagined it the colour of silt, and if it had eyes then they were the eyes of a fish long out of water. I imagined it soulless, like a stone (a stone cannot haunt one’s dreams), so that if it was taken from us, … Continue reading ‘The Cord’ by Maggie Sawkins
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Three poems by Carrie Etter
Conception There was a canoe missing an oar. There was a stretch of pristine shore. Colour broke into sound, one mindless gasp predicated on so much prior consciousness. Daughter of my daughter yet to be— a glint on a distant wave, a window without a wall— O hovering cab, O sureshot marble— (previously published in … Continue reading Three poems by Carrie Etter
‘Now Read On’ by John Glenday
Now Read On read something no one has ever written down the heartfelt lies the downright truths read all the gathered silences in the drop of ink that marks where this sentence ends and your life begins. John Glenday is the author of three collections of poetry. The most recent, Grain (Picador, 2009) … Continue reading ‘Now Read On’ by John Glenday
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