Ockert Greeff, for his chapbook: āA Mass Choir of Little Thingsā Excerpt from chapbook: Ā Ā Ā * Ā Ā * Ā Ā * I let go of my yellow lunchbox Watch it swirl away in the dark water Past the boy who cannot give up He is swimming, lifting his arms up High out of the water, […]
Maya Clubine | River Bug on the Black Sea
from Life Cycle of a Mayfly, the winner of the 2023 Vallum Chapbook Award The sun sinks down toward the thin horizon. The weary peacock falls asleep inside its crowned flask. The Philosopher sits on a rock and jots a few brief observations about a river bug above the Black Sea. The river bug flies, […]