Let Us Pretend by Ken A. Cathers
“lie beside me again / imagine us adrift / on an island / small as a raft” – excerpt from Let Us Pretend, poetry by Ken Cathers #TheMetaworkers
Tag: dreams
Sharh on Mutwatta Imam Malik, Book 58, Hadith 1849 by Rozalija Grace
“I tell her / it is a raisin, a zabiba—a mark / that forms where the brow is laid / in long conjunction with earth” – excerpt from Sharh on Mutwatta Imam Malik, Book 58, Hadith 1849, poetry by Rozalija Grace #TheMetaworker
Alizeh by Jimmy Saekki
“On our beach-front property / of bamboo tent-poles and plastic tarp / we celebrate our anniversary.” – excerpt from Alizeh, poetry by Jimmy Saekki #TheMetaworker
Turning 30, Motel Light, and Other Illusions by Rowan Tate
“I was supposed to be / someone by then, but mostly I was / a person who hoarded notebooks” – excerpt from Turning 30, Motel Light, and Other Illusions, poetry by Rowan Tate
rapunzel/refugees/slavic by Linda Scheller
“caught / they put me in a cell / i was forced to work / in retribution / my children were led away / for the komandant” – excerpt from rapunzel/refugees/slavic, a braided poem by Linda Scheller
King of Pentacles by Caiti Quatmann
“wealth is sometimes confused with gravity. both pull.” – excerpt from King of Pentacles, poetry by Caiti Quatmann #TheMetaworker
little mercies by Arushi (Aera) Rege
“When I was dying, I dreamed of ice cold matcha, a single shot of espresso, a prayer to god that I would lose another five pounds.” – excerpt from Little Mercies, fiction by Arushi (Aera) Rege #TheMetaworker
When Babies Started Being Born With Wings by David Henson
“They were little more than a shimmer on the backs of our newborns, translucent like a dragonfly’s.” – excerpt from When Babies Started Being Born With Wings, speculative fiction by David Henson #TheMetaworker
Erik Satie and Me by Ken Been
“Erik Satie and Me”, poetry by Ken Been #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday
“A Bride” by Michael Howard
It was official: Angie Lash and Marco Di Luca, twenty-one years her senior, were wed.
