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issue 7 - dreamshapes

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tinting the tips of the tallest buildings first light
- jim kacian, USA

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​walk softly now through your unborn self’s past life

hot spring canyon walls erode the ember dies

two kissed by red sand water just six years back

redwood grove parts of us reach up forever

bones bent by dull ploughshares and english longbows

half truth winter a fever you can’t sweat out

seeking stale sunlight branches twisted in queer ways

cherry root moon and all the stars await us

diligent prayer the shape of her next self dreams


- lolo elleri, USA

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she’s come to prefer still pools to a mirror

skipping steps up and down cracked stone terraces

faraway home lies still beneath the old yew

every strand of moss an individual

a voice sharp latewinter cold unfamiliar

broken clouds augmented triad the wind shifts

berrysoaked hands trace dreamshapes on cavern walls

rose soft lips smear warm dew water salt parched skin

hold up your blue sky or return to the waves


- lolo elleri, USA

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yet the time after not yet
​- jim kacian, USA


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soon just a speck

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