Quiet Beautiful 2019
1. Pause in the noise. I don’t know how I am interlaced with anyone else. Every connection is fragile and…
Author: Jessica Coles
Jessica Coles (she/her) is a poet and editor from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Treaty 6 territory), where she lives with her family and a judgmental tuxedo cat named Miss Bennet. Check out the About page for more info.
Why I Like “My Name” by cm ellis
Hello, lovelies! I wandered through Moist Poetry Journal’s Queer Environment special issue to find today’s beauty: “My Name” by cm…
Why I Like “First Dance” by Frances Klein
“First Dance”, published in Full Mood Magazine, Mood #3, Melomania: https://www.fullmoodmag.com/first-dance The world of this poem is immediately present and…
Talk to me about the letter H
Here is unshaped breath. Can I rename this sleeping air? This sound is an ocean, older than voice. It still…
Slow download over a weak open WiFi connection
Curtain flicker: your eyes, no—my eyes, nighttime windows: women walking half-naked back-lit big screen TV, what am I watching? No…