MAYDAY

prayer (xviii)
by Jonathan Chan

Contributed By: ,

House on fire on a hill with a background of a dark blue sky with white chairs like stars and a crescent moon. White flowers in foreground with red eyes in their centers.
I think I am angry by Rachel Coyne

steam envelops

the ankles, after the

removal of bent

 

lenses,            the disassembly

of electric

   noise, and the hurry

of stained

muscle. seeking a

silence, an earthen

   mind turns to

      itself from

the familiar ache

 

     of trees.

JONATHAN CHAN is a writer and editor of poems and essays. Born in New York to a Malaysian father and South Korean mother, he was raised in Singapore and educated at Cambridge and Yale Universities. He is the author of the poetry collection going home (Landmark, 2022). He has recently been moved by the work of Spencer Reece, Noah Arhm Choi, and Henry Marsh. He has an abiding interest in faith, identity, and creative expression.

RACHEL COYNE is a writer and painter from Lindstrom, Mn. Her books include Whiskey Heart, The Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake and the YA Antigone Ravynn Chronicles.

Further Reading

Peter Milne Greiner, Temporal Cyborg
Reviewed by Christopher Cokinos

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The Voice of Water by Michael T. Young

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