Dispatch 1: Poetry Excerpts from the Field

'The Inevitability of Time' by Adam Martinakis

          "...If she is the sound, if it isn’t

essential until its lack. If she is

the sound of. Waves. If in the body,

the dew in morning, and the moon.

If she is the sound of the water.

If rising, if breaking, if throughout."

                      --- Elegy in Limestone by CJ Evans

"...Ang babae ay hindi karneng  

dinuduro at kinikilo, 

ginigisa ang laman sa iyong mga pangako, 

nilalaga ang buto sa iyong pagsuyo 

at ginagawang chicharon ang balat 

upang maging pulutan."

                     --- Kasalo by Joi Barrios

"I think, Dear God, and remember  

there are stars we haven’t heard from yet: 

They have so far to arrive. Amen,  

I think, and I feel almost comforted."

                     --- The Hammock by Li-Young Lee

"Though they cannot be deciphered, 

cannot become lighter, 

all moments will shine 

if you cut them open, 

glisten like entrails in the sun."

                     --- As the Sickle Moon Guts a Cloud by Sara Eliza Johnson

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