This is holy: April, its wavering warmth. That the body makes a body. That the bereavement peace lily from 1-800-Flowers out-arches its container, won’t wither no matter how little I water. The umbrella plant in its macrame swing scratching the living room’s east wall, snowball bloom of the cherry tree beyond the window. Do you […]
Kelsey Nichols
KELSEY NICHOLS is an artist/designer living in a small suburb outside Chicago. She earned her diploma in Interior Design in 2019 and has been working in digital and print mediums for over two years. With multiple gallery showings and a variety of international publications, she’s currently an artist member for Women Made Gallery in Chicago. She creates abstract paintings and skateboard art, blending Impressionist sensibilities using digital oil painting techniques to create pieces inspired by nature
IT IS BEAUTIFUL THAT WE EXIST
Answer Yes Or No by Khairi Hamdan
translated from the Bulgarian by Katerina Stoykova
Answer the call of the flute—
the lost impulse of the absent poets,
the incomplete painting, the unrained cloud,
the prophecy of an upcoming confession—