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Hardón
Paying respect Keith Haring’s more salacious works, this new poem from Sazzok speaks to the dehumanising squeeze of making queerness consumable.
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Self Portrait, 1929 – 2023
Billie Angus engages with her relative Rita in this poem, knowing she can’t speak back but seeking the conversation anyway. A time bending piece from 21-year-old Billie to 21-year-old Rita.
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william sutton’s saint sebastian
In which kī visits the art gallery as yet another bible-emo-turned-trans and confronts bodies, masculinities and the uneasy vulnerability of seeing and being seen.
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The Familiar, The Peculiar, and Inspired
A comedic commentary from Mick Rinny of Piero Mazoni’s artwork in relation of being a broke tertiary student.
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16 years strong
A poem is a response to a portrait Chris Girven’s friend drew of them, illustrating he safety and harmony of an enduring friendship, and how beautiful you can feel through the eyes of someone you love.
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Laocoön is writhing
Step into the shoes of Cassandra and watch the party before the fall, even as Troy begins to burn.
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Inside you are wild horses and the men of Thrace
After William Francis Calderon, On the Sea-Beat Coast, Where Hardy Thracians Tame the Savage Horse, 1905. i.i bound until my ribs cracked like semicolons. until my chest caved in.i fell off the horse and broke my neck.pain has channelled a new, wet cave in the cliffside of my body.aspiration chambers—heaving, franticalveoli with all their rushing…
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Painting in Squares for Dora Maar
‘The Weeping Woman’ is a painting by Pablo Picasso of his then partner, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was an innovator in photomontage and surrealism. Dora experienced domestic violence at the hands of Picasso, and history has typically only remembered her as his muse. In this poem, Ted Greensmith-West writes for Dora, an artist and innovator…
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From the Editor — A 2024 Reflection
Lead editor Damien Levi tries to sum up bad apple’s 2024 in retrospect, with a selection of ten pieces to read over the summer.
In a dream, you saw a way to survive, and you were filled with joy.
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