Sp-eyes by Antonia Alexandra Klimenko

They’re everywhere– here therein restaurants in schools in mosques your closet your bed your last paragraph– those curious question marks! Spies with eyes in the back of their headare tracking you like the CIAlike a jealous lover like a digitalized numberon an overnight package Big Brother surveillance cameras the eyes of your computer the eyes of strangers Facebook Twitter Instagramstalking you like a wet dream At the doctor’s office even the stethoscope knows your real name and … Continue reading Sp-eyes by Antonia Alexandra Klimenko

Genna RivieccioOctober 27, 2019October 27, 2019Leave a comment

Poetry

Chassés par Daréka

La mer nous laisse détrempés Et l’urgence nous réveille. Du sel dans la bouche. La peur et l’espoir se disputent nos esprits. Ici le sable n’est pas aussi chaud Mais racle autant la gorge. La soif est aussi grande. On pourrait croire enfin au répit Mais déjà viennent les ombres à travers la rocaille. Fuir, courir. Les jambes reprennent leur marche d’automates. La fatigue prétend … Continue reading Chassés par Daréka

Genna RivieccioOctober 23, 2019Leave a comment

Poetry

Human Relationships by Noémie Zumer

The first time I lost faith and magic in the world was at the end of my first relationshipTables were thrown on the floor and guns pointed at himBroken were all of my toys. Shattered old technology on the floorA lamp, dead. VacillatingMy eyes, panicked and madYou, unpleasant then, shattered I swear I’m fighting with the day as itSlips away from me. Continue reading Human Relationships by Noémie Zumer

Genna RivieccioOctober 14, 2019Leave a comment

Poetry

The Withering Nymph by Donna Dallas

Buried deep in the womb of this soil rolling around a dead woodworm I’m nested eyes heavy with sleep Yesterday I brimmed with the froth of youth it burst from my breast spewed stars leaking galaxies And I would wrap eager fools into my folds I rushed through them with a windburn meant to sting It didn’t take a master of the universe to spear … Continue reading The Withering Nymph by Donna Dallas

Genna RivieccioOctober 11, 20191 Comment

Criticism

In Patti Smith’s Year of the Monkey, 2016 Was Always Doomed Before It Began

There is no “ideal” symbolism when it comes to the monkey as a portent. Sure, Chinese culture speculates that the monkey is a sign of good luck, but when it comes to their inherently mischievous nature, come to roost in 2016, the Year of the Monkey, it’s not something one wants around during an election year. This much is ruminated upon in Patti Smith’s latest … Continue reading In Patti Smith’s Year of the Monkey, 2016 Was Always Doomed Before It Began

Genna RivieccioOctober 6, 2019October 6, 2019Leave a comment

Poetry

Try by Stephen Waldron

Climb into my microwave oven and you will discoveracres of karstpiled up by the window,resting in congregational piety. Trample the dust underan unbridled wave of convenience,swelling to new aspirations at every last catalogue entry. Cling to the good and the evil alike,not halting for strangers, nor pleasantto foes of the rising contention.Spring to the east, and let none of your confidence falter or slip from your finger.Let … Continue reading Try by Stephen Waldron

Genna RivieccioOctober 5, 2019Leave a comment