Decomposition
butterfly misplaced
underwater
migrations
seasurged
how to dredge
an oceanswept
sentence?
how to too much
for us, compound couplets?
heatdome, heartdome
folklore lostus
don’t tell me carbon’s secrets,
breadcrumb wordcount
it asks too much, the soullost
trawlditch bodyhuddle
a count too
lostgray
a stormsurge too
undertaker
this, the poem i cannot
return to
this, the wholehearted
downpour
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Ever Jones (they, them) is the author of Transanything (Curbstone Press, 2025) and two poetry collections, nightsong (Sundress Publications, 2020) and Wilderness Lessons (Futurecycle Press, 2016). They are a professor of creative writing at the University of Washington Tacoma.
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Originally from New York City, Robert Bharda has resided in the Pacific Northwest where for forty years he has specialized in vintage photographica as a profession, everything from daguerreotypes to polaroids. His digital “Quantisms” originate from templates composed of all organic materials (mushrooms, leaves, flowers, seashells) and seek to release dynamic motion from fractal potential. His illustrations, artwork, and photography have appeared in scores of publications, including Naugatuck River Review, Catamaran, Cirque, Northwest Review, Blue Five, Superstition, and Adirondack Review. He is also a writer of poetry, fiction, and critical reviews published in 100+ journals and anthologies.
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