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Pohewa
Poetry finds new form on bad apple through this te reo Māori contribution from Haukupu. Using religious iconography, they play with dialogical form in this piece, ‘Pohewa’, meaning ‘Delusions’.
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E4E (she’s so masc)
Boundaries of masculinity and femininity, domesticity and disarray blend in this poem of friendship.
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the notes app is the real window to the soul
Open Kate’s notes app and explore what they’ve jotted down in sporadic moments of record keeping.
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afforest
Concrete facades crumble, vines reach out and roots find purchase in the breaks between harold’s stanzas.
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Sons of Salacia
Hold the hand of the one you love and stare God in the face at the end of the world.
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your shame
Overcoming your own shame is hard enough, but how long can we shoulder someone else’s?
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biosignature
The measurable attributes of life. Substance and existence. A fleck in time and space.
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the death of me
Death makes its presence known, arriving in a mood or a state. Unpredictable and unkind.
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THE MORNING AFTER THE ORGY
“How to capture in words the way you look with your head thrown back onto the pillow & the sun streaming in through the window the morning after the orgy …”
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Action potential
“I woke up from a very sweet—but also wildly revealing—dream with a gah in my larynx. Dreams, non-lexical utterances and brain analogies seem to be my primary modes of expression/discernment at the moment, especially when it comes to love. I’d rather just kiss them.”
Category: poetry
In a dream, you saw a way to survive, and you were filled with joy.
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