By Allison Grayhurst If I stay under icein a house as vast as the sea,cut off from the sun,I will bloat up on anxiety’s quickening,gaining nothing but a heaviness uncurableand inevitable as iron-core gravity, heating.So I will lift myself up onto the sides ofthe cracked ridges, gaze at the clouds overheadand write my new name … Continue reading Lift
Choice and Other Poems
By Allison Grayhurst Choice I swayed and found fire on my backside, in my insides, quaking, cracking the edges and the surfaces, melting the dream that sustained me. Down the slide, there can be no laws but the law of commitment to love, to making up for winter by honouring the snow and days of … Continue reading Choice and Other Poems
Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Nesting Colly I have only one basket, moss sheets in designer bowl. I set it near my pantry - hedging best for greater storms. Its lining prevents cracking so eggs nestle undisturbed - about, distracting clutter - jealous it be left alone. It looks like last year’s cradle - that sets me … Continue reading Poems by Stephen Kingsnorth
Academy of the Heart And Mind 