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A Light to Lighten

Marina Connelly

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sitting with the sting of exile @ Kotoka

Brian Obiri-Asare

for the trip back dad kept
himself held in the silence that settled
on all of us, thickly. the ache
& sacrifice for a life worth living
brought suffering at the
window of Ekua’s complexities.

The Diet Coke Side of the Moon

George Cox

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(no melody that isn’t shared between instruments)

Jenny Pollak

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The Discovery of Antinous, 1894

Jarad Bruinstroop

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Journal in May

Petra White

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on breaking, & being broken

Wen-Juenn Lee

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Remote Intersections

Andrew Sant

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In lockdown, remembering a ruined abbey

Carl Walsh

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Late

Anthony Lynch

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modes of cleaning: acts I–III

Wen-Juenn Lee

I. Like curved eggs, they stoop & I have seen this before at the end of a film, the immigrant family varnishes the door of their American Dream. The Deck Staining DIY Kit™ includes paint & brush & plastic tray but they begin by kneeling & saying amen with the split ends of ngaa coi   II. when I caught lice in Arthur’s Pass my mother scrubbed my hair on hands & knees, crushed each swollen body until I dreamt of shelling peanuts. Now, she is waterblasting the deck’s splintered face. Cleaning is a matter of violent transfiguration.   III. […]

Noctiluca Scintillans, or Sea Sparkle

Nandini Shah

In it scales sparkle. Lilacs contour an octopus. Clarinet’s call rankles as I – in tunic top, lilac nails – snorkel arcs. Sea silk, arcane – I sculpt, caress it all. Noon star casts luck on “N”, porcelain lilies, a pearl laurel sticks to snails. Canonic, sacral icon: sea cloak, lint lustre, spin as cantaloupe roll, cans clink. It rises atop sea, as crocus – lilac? – krill nest in “N”, Noctiluca, peonies snarl, stark lilacs.   Nandini is a writer and poet working on Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung country. She is interested in writing as political thinking as well […]

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