poetry

Joseph O'Brien
Frascati

Paul Stilwell
Hidden in the Open

Paul Stilwell
Through Any Fissure

Gabriel Olearnik
Languedoc

Gabriel Olearnik
Thames

Gabriel Olearnik
Ice Wine

Amanda Glass
The Crown of Red

Eric Kingsepp
leaving and livening

Richard Rodriguez
Enlightenment

John A. Di Camillo
Prayer

Kate Bluett
Triptych

Leah Acosta
A Grief Sublime

Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic
April Error

Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic
New Love in Spring

Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic
Dogwood

Back to Easter 2008

Thames
The glass upset of London is here
as unnoticed as the tides.

This river of friction
sandpapering your irises
the cuts on a thousand corneas too deep to excise.
Can we re-set jelly? Can aqueous humors run
backward in viscous currents?
No. There will always be a blackness at the centre of your eyes.

—Gabriel Olearnik

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Gabriel Olearnik studied medieval history at University College London. He is currently an attorney and practices corporate law.