Issue 4

  • 12 Heart Metaphors: a Chinglish Poem in Collocations

    By Yuan Changming 心房: heart house for a soul to dwell in心扉: heart door always ready to be opened心鼓: heart drum to be beaten rhythmically心匣: heart case where to store one’s feelings心镜: heart mirror to reflect one’s inner self心田: heart field in which to grow the seeds of hope心原: heart wildland for the will to…

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  • The Untraceable Rain Chain

    By M. Atchleross It sits on the right side of my chin, as it always has, as it does in every rendering of me in dear friends’ dreams. Those who once cupped my face and closed the space may revisit me in memory where time waters me down, but what sits on the right side…

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  • Solar Dimming

    Solar Dimming

    By L.L. Hannah Virgo 𖤓 | Pisces ⏾ | Pisces ↑ after Aimee Nezhukumatathil For me, the sun has always been easy to love,as easy as it is to love how golden light radiates from the back of a firefly, cool burn from within,or the blue-glow delirium of millions of lagoon dwelling protozoa. Unlike firefliesand…

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  • Dear Reader,  As the days grow long and hot, we turn our faces to the sun, acting in our own heliotropic fashion.  The heliotrope searches for sunlight and does not look away. Our Fourth Issue captures this moment right on the edge of boiling. We’ve selected thirteen pieces that smolder, filled with moments that singe…

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  • Cover Art – Issue IV

    Sun Burnt By Rajvi Mittal Medium: Photography Rajvi is a thinker, storyteller, photographer, poet and writer. She has a self-published poetry book titled “Reborn: Darkness is the Seed of Light” and her work has been published in the Entrepreneur Magazine, The Pacific Review, and multiple online blogs. Apart from being an engineer & MBA, she…

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