The Journal

Emma Conally-Barklem

Feb 2, 20221 min read

Vespertine; Tranquil

By Emma Conally-Barklem Vespertine Delicate pinion of rose gold gathers warmth towards the centre, A gilded bloom which can only be...

Colette Mbariko

Jan 18, 20221 min read

The Cry of the Resilient

By Colette Mbariko On the desolate nights I lie awake drowning within my solitude. The loneliness creeps in through the back door, Yet...

Vanessa Hiller

Jan 9, 20221 min read

Running

By Vanessa Hiller I moved faster than a hurricane. Lucid dreaming followed me and swallowed me whole; I took a dram of liquid honey and...

Stephen Mead

Dec 12, 20211 min read

Black Ice Inversion

By Stephen Mead Intimations of hypothermia sweet as condensed milk thicken blood, a sort of peace, this consciousness releasing stillness...

Paarmita Vedi

Dec 10, 20213 min read

Ashes Getting Dispersed in Rohtang; When You're Split in Half

By Paarmita Vedi Ashes Getting Dispersed in Rohtang I speak a name. Of a place. A name stitched deep into my cold skin. "Rohtang" - a...

David Leo Sirois

Nov 10, 20213 min read

Fontanelle; Over Water

David Leo Sirois, a double feature Sirois' reading of 'Over Water' can be accessed here as a recording: https://www.reverbnation.com/davi...

Tyler Elizabeth Hurula

Nov 7, 20212 min read

Lady of Leisure

By Tyler Elizabeth Hurula The hallway is long and covered in wood that sometimes splinters and snags at the too long, tattered-up hem of...

Rebecca Kenny

Oct 15, 20211 min read

Broken

By Rebecca Kenny Today I crashed my car and now Several parts of me are broken. My spine Was chipped, breastbone split; My pelvis divided...

Simon Constam

Oct 5, 20212 min read

By Simon Constam In my 68th year, a woman with whom I spoke only perhaps a couple of dozen times 30 years ago when she used to come into...