I remember lying in the snow, trying to preserve each snowflake that landed gently on my nose, a soft, huge silence stretching through the forest. The cold blanket buried me, soon covering even the tips of my boots, sapping my strength as the towering trees collected white frosting. I should’ve left when I first heard the dragon growl—while I still had the power to return to the back porch where a bright light kept its vigil.… Read more ““Snowfall Sarcophagus” by AJ Cunder”
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Author: Blanket Sea (Page 23 of 29)
The perspective from below
Sharks attack their prey from underneath,
sometimes at speeds of up to 35 miles an hour.
At first you think why is there
a freight train underwater? And then
the ocean leaks red and you think
Oh.
The kitchen floor attacks its prey
with gravity. It snaps bone
just as easily as a mouth.… Read more “Poetry by Natalie E. Illum”
I could be wading
in the effervescent joy of a Mozart concerto
or the tranquil beauty of Monet’s lilies, but
it’s never far.
Perhaps the next room?
It could be even as far as the moon
but it will travel at uncharted speed
and explode like ripe mangoes in the mouth –
The golden rivulets running down
the chin to stain white clothes.… Read more ““Notes for My Therapist – 1” by Feby Joseph”
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