Issue > Poetry
Alice Clara Gavin

Alice Clara Gavin

Alice Clara Gavin was born and raised in London, England and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She leads writing workshops for the New York Writers Coalition.

The Image


It found me. A television fallen down park steps,
shattered on the ground still wet from night rain.

The same morning, Kim Jong Un reappeared
after a long absence. In the pictures, he was surrounded

by smiling officials. Later, I was startled by my reflection
in a bus window. I had forgotten I existed that way:

a woman, alone, reading a book. I thought of the television,
all its cracked stars shining. I remembered staring

into mirrors until I floated from myself, losing all connection
to the child staring back. Kneeling on wet ground,

thick pieces of the screen scattered down the steps. No-one
was there. Who left? Who made that beautiful thing?

Poetry

Peter Munro

Peter Munro
The Jack Knife

Poetry

Elaine Fletcher Chapman

Elaine Fletcher Chapman
Broiche, Late October

Poetry

Michael Homolka

Michael Homolka
Anamnesis