HOW TO LOVE LIKE A HORSE
after Mindy Gill’s ‘A Kind of Paradise’ What I know about desire is horseswho aren’t hungry can’t be ownedby anyone. The horse, she bows…
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The Pine Tree
Fallen cones, Lay abandoned at the base of the tree. I too lie underneath it, cocooned in blankets. Isolated, my edges sharp. The tree…
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cute trip 2 the zoo
Rebecca Hawkes’ chapbook ‘Softcore coldsores’ was published in AUP New Poets 5 to reignite the series in 2019. She co-edits the journal Sweet Mammalian and is a founding member of…
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Aubade for Larks in December
The sky waits to be cleaved like a tongue against a railing. You scratch the paper walls, wings aching for warmth. Sirens slice through…
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IF I’M A WATER-BEARING AIR SIGN DOES THAT MAKE ME PERSPIRATION?: AUGUST + SEPTEMBER
I spent all of August at Grandma’s house to help her recover from ill-health. Did the grocery orders, weeded the garden, painted the windowsills….
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IF I’M A WATER-BEARING AIR SIGN DOES THAT MAKE ME PERSPIRATION?: JULY
Jasmine Shirrefs is a zine maker, dog parent, writer and social work student living on Boon Wurrung land. They were a Wheeler Centre…
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Springsteen Down Aisle Five
Three days after Emma’s breakup I decided to check in on her over the phone. She missed my call but rang back ten minutes…
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I Take My Virtual Body to the Sistine Chapel
I figure out how to flip the perspective entirely upside-down, so that my virtual body stands on the frescoed ceiling, hunched beneath a tiled roof.
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Tiger Balm
When I was sick my mother would rub tiger balm on my belly and let me watch Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady I…
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