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How Many Hymn Books Have I Looked at?
Oceans stand pale and placid - rivers race to the sea. We once sung about the water of life in cold school hall assemblies. But as I...
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Unused Swords Rust
Unused swords rust like your feather quill, dipped in dry ink, that scars the paper; leaving marks that do not last, merely dent the...
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#43
- after Chen Chen Rest among the samphire. Hum poseidon under your breath. Practice how to breathe underwater. Vex the sand. Disrupt it....
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Cold Porridge in the Kitchen Sink (editor's pick)
today is no different to yesterday because the shaking in his veins hasn't subsided yet, because his trousers still crumple (no matter...
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Strawberry
Februaries are made of forgotten things: one glove left on a park bench from overly warm fingers, one lover lying in an empty bed sans...
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Announcement: Iceberg Tales Print Edition
Today, we have just released our first print edition of Iceberg Tales for online pre-orders! Thank you to everyone who has supported the...
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Poem for the Ninth of September
When Smyrna fell, we rose from the chairs our grandfather made and grew unsure what to call ourselves. We—who’d always broken bread with...
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Decay
There was no doubt he’d changed. People felt repelled by him. His instinct had become rage. He knew it, but pretended he didn’t. Everyone...
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sea stones
They are never so beautiful as now: lustrous with light and water, a succession of small startles shining in the dun matt sand. Blown...
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