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Seraphine Saintclair, Charles Gammon, Conny Borgelioen, Shannon Cates


CHANTER OF FOREST WOUNDS, SERAPHINE SAINTCLAIR
CHANTER OF FOREST WOUNDS, SERAPHINE SAINTCLAIR

MAGRITTE’S ‘EMPIRE OF LIGHT’

Charles Gammon


Be still and steady in your tucking away.

You are tucked away. Placed. And set.


You are the pale bulb

seeing and touching and all compulsions


contracted into one small

color of the gods.


The sun-sinked hour looms, but watch how this time


it lays its warm body down among you, how

it comes as an answer to your quiet prayer.


It brings a certainty, what you are is what

you long for in secret. A meal of purpose.


Look through this shade little dove,

and you might see the softer light above you,

you might do some finding

for yourself.



MONAD MAENAD

Conny Borgelioen


(CHRYSALISM)

 

The winter months arrived in a line, like a long train

pulling into the station. Thudding and hissing

announced their arrival, and so did the rain

coming down from towering clouds.

The raving wind and frenzied rain

binding this single individual,

winded by grief,

to the bed

a comma

in a pouch

of blankets

Heartbeats

like carriages

in the wild stillness

of the belly of the world.



THROUGH THE KITCHEN WINDOW, I SAW DUSK

Shannon Cates


I’d forgotten to watch the shadows

the sky blinked dark, shed its skin

I felt the cold breath of what we have now—here and now

I prayed in a voice like the back gate’s worn hinges:

Lord, let me be soft when the shadows come

I could almost see the husks we left behind, under the tree


Seraphine Saintclair is primarily a poet, singer/songwriter and photographer but she enjoys creating in other mediums as well. In her work she especially loves to explore the worlds of her emotions and the mystical. Her work has been published in The Winged Moon Magazine, Midsummer Dream House Magazine and Voices of Rebellion Magazine. She has also self-published six books of poetry and is working on new poetry collections, as well as an album of music, a novel, and multiple projects involving her photography. On Instagram she is @seraphinesaintclair


Charles Gammon lives in the Southeast US and enjoys writing about place, time, art, nature and small moments of daily life. 


Conny Borgelioen is an odd seabird, living on the Belgian coast. She has a Sisyphean rock called chronic fatigue syndrome and works part-time in a social grocery. Her writing has appeared in Tint Journal, Kaleidoscope, Rogue Agent, Feral, Babyteeth, t’ ART, and the Emma Press Anthology of Illness.


Shannon Cates, a UX designer living in Annapolis, Maryland, finds comfort in rainy days and the written word. When not crafting digital experiences, she's immersed in poetry, often with her cat by her side. Her work has been published in Humana Obscura, Flora Fiction, and Bodega Magazine among other journals.

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