We were excitedbubbling laughter, we fought to keep in our stomachsin our chrysalises, we sat counting seconds silentlysporting teeth grinding grins, eyes tightly shutfists clenched, …
Wings
AZUL MAGDALENA (blue martyr)
Dame paz, anhelo y quimera. Azul Magdalena. De mí brotará esa vida primera, la que mantiene vivas las azucenas. Give me dreams, chimeras and peace …
A Dental Photographer’s Sight
See, I’m a dental photographer, meaning I work with raw files and a computer 40 hours a week. At some point over the past year, …
Know your Place: Essays on the working class by the working class (ed) Nathan Connolly Dead Ink Books 2017
Ever felt nervous before a job interview, not because you think you are not skilled enough, but because you may not have the right clothes …
Sounds of Life
On the morning of my night I’d create dreams never seen I’d pay blood in cold droplets To buy hope for my people I become …
SANGRÍA
Podría volverme idolatría y frotarte las piernas empapadas con lágrimas de lozanía. Cambiaria toda mi prosa por letanías y suplicaría devotamente hasta ser la razón …
Desire
(or the inside of a fanta bottle looking like a throat laying a carpet of aqueous tongue) This conceptual work was the fruit of boredom-induced …
SOSIEGO (quietude)
Me fusiono entre tu silencio recostado sobre tu pecho, palpita y al hacerlo me envicia. I blend in your silence, Lay down on your chest …
Aelwyd Gartref (Home Hearth)
Aelwyd Gartref (home hearth)the legs of the firetheir ruby shoes and polished shinskick from the hearth mouththe coal teeth spittingsplittingdrops of murked-water leaking lullabies on the tiles in …
Reflections in Solitude
INTRODUCTION by CAITLIN WHITELEY In the space of what seems like less time than the spring flowers have taken to rouse themselves sleepily from their …