poetry

Gabriel Olearnik
An English Apocalypse

Gabriel Olearnik
Afterlife of a Letter Opener

Gabriel Olearnik
Vera Crux

Gabriel Olearnik
Ambush

Meredith Wise
Fragment from Assisi

Sarah Buck
Meditation on Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Adoro Te" As Sung by a Choir in Rehearsal

Timothy Barr
The Paschal Four

Carla Galdo
Epilogue

Simeon Lewis
On a Written Day

Kevin Rulo
On Zacharias Coming Out of the Temple

Susan Mibeck
Marguerite

Robert Drapeau
Bread from Heaven

Back to Mary, Queen of Angels 2007

Afterlife of a Letter Opener
Does metal die?
Do nails kneel in celestial spaces?
Do spoons sing?
Are ferrous souls ushered in
By an angel with a mouth of Sheffield steel
Haloes: haloes like molten fins
Of bronze. Of rhodium. Of tin.

—Gabriel Olearnik

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