Artwork: “Alaskas Busiest Seaplane Base Stranger” by Hugo Barros:
http://society6.com/hugobarros/alaskas-busiest-seaplane-base-Stranger_Print
Artwork: UFO by Tanya Tk
http://society6.com/tk_tk/UFO-DUY_Print
Artwork: “Alaskas Busiest Seaplane Base Stranger” by Hugo Barros:
http://society6.com/hugobarros/alaskas-busiest-seaplane-base-Stranger_Print
Artwork: UFO by Tanya Tk
http://society6.com/tk_tk/UFO-DUY_Print
For the first time, I cradle him
he is dense and warm like a loaf of freshly baked bread
The smell of life
waiting
to take shape
envelops me in a puff
of
coral wind
as planets curl and twist
on the horizon
I show him where the soil turns
and softens in the rain
so that beauty may bloom
He too
was once a bud
waiting to come forth
in the tender light of June
“Show Him Every Star” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Bene Rohlmann:
http://society6.com/pearpicker/p7vtM_Print
A resentful heart
splintered and stale
settles slowly
like the angry tides
that thrash before the radiant sun
then smack the shore
tired and defeated
but wiser than before
“Wise Old Sea” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Sarah Cruce
http://www.society6.com/sarahcruce
his frantic fingers run all over me
my belly bubbles
my teeth shake
the heat of his hands
melt my mouth
all I want is to burn
and burn
and never let him out
“He’s So Heavy” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by tchmo
green grass smothers fallen leaves
the willow smiles as the daisies weep
summer sun is meant to be sweet
yet cities grow and growl
roots rise and limbs wither
broken bottle screams sink into honey thick dreams
and the beginning crashes into the middle
“Up High to Down Deep” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Ceren Kilic
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
by Haruki Murakami
Artwork by Ruby Tingle