In the event of being just matured, we could be jellyfish — pliable, buoyant, floral.
Mandira Pattniak
MANDIRA PATTNAIK's (she/ her) recent poems have appeared in Prime Number Magazine, The Fourth River, The Shore, West Trestle Review, Opia Mag, Thimble, Variant Lit, Feral Poetry and Eclectica Magazine. Her work has received commendations and multiple nominations including for the Pushcart Prize 2021 & 2022.
An Account of Vertebrates
Unbelong
by Mandira Pattnaik
Did you see a hapless, hunted woman, baby in arms? Her stare’s hollow. // Ahead of her, there’s a slithering line beaded with nowhere people.
