Relativity by Chaelio Thomas

[tabby title="Poem"] How does time move(swells stretches stationary inflatesddrrrrraaaaaaaaagggggs out -drinkseverydropuntilitrelinquishes itself to the next minute)to the boy who watches the snailawaiting the arrival of the fatherwho will bring him to play catch? He measures it in slimeAs he can't...

Hereditary by Chaelio Thomas

[tabby title="Poem"]I want to say what the fxxxWhy are you asking about my insidesOn WhatsappAnd we could be at brunch and you askHow's the car or did I get the results of my scanMaybe you think I'm so scatter brainedOr...

The Ritual by Jer Hayes

[tabby title="Poem"] The Colonisers wanted everything,and took everything, they stoleyour stories, replaced with their history,their view of you, their lies. They took the land to grow the food of the Gods,a sacred drink of the ritual, made mundane for thehomogenised...

Giving out, or on Hiberno-English by Jer Hayes

[tabby title="Poem"] You cannot scold me,you cannot rebuke me,nor can I be chided or chidden,sure look,you can only give out to me,for my grammar,and your incorrect—corrections. This foreign tongue is my own.Invasively spread—and re-invaded in return.Reshaped and reinvented,I’ll do it...

The Way of the Wings by Tony Kitt

[tabby title="Poem"] A caterpillar speaks in sunsetsand rain clouds.It wishes it had wingsto wave away the sand of its dunes. A chrysalis perceives a sunbeamas a red alarm striking inside the cell.Its night is filled with tirednesslike a silicone jar....