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C.N.P Poetry
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Grendel’s Complaint; Atonement
By: Benjamin Rose Grendel's Complaint Begotten son of the murderer’s mark, Cursed fen-dweller, and warden of the mere Dragging his...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
The Mending; Notes from the Fall; The Waiting
By: Thomas Hedt The Mending You loved the peace of your water bound commute Southworth to Fauntleroy, then on to Seattle. With friends...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Easter Redux: A Cento
By: Jean Theron Tourists await the whistle-blow to start The Resurrection— packed churches all over— a beautiful time a lavish tenet an...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Cycle
By: Cristina DeSouza I dig holes in the soil with bare hands, repeating myself in abrupt movements, in search for the depths of earth. I...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Approaching the Grand Canyon; The Horizon of the Interior; One More Poem About the Rising Tide
By: Will Austin Simescu Approaching the Grand Canyon Today, Notre-Dame burned but I mostly just gazed heavenward. Golden sun splits the...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Politics; Old White Guys on Snowmobiles; The Ring Cycle
By: Keith Dunlap Politics We are driven by forces we don’t know Driven by forces as unrelenting as snow A snow that doesn’t stop to count...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
when 1 + 1 is more than 2; A Measure of His Intention
By: Annette Brown when 1 + 1 is more than 2 because there is no video record of his life i remember him in 2 dimensions-- posing on...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Arched Living Room; How I Found Me; Moonlit Leaves
By: Diane Corson Arched Living Room The house feels different now, chairs, a table, bare now, there is a buffet laid with unopened mail,...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
THE SUN NO LONGER SETS HERE
By: Lucy Dhar You can be a soothsayer in my hometown. Every single day is like the last and the coming; the air is just as drowsy as the...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Persephone Goes One Last Time; Poem in which I am not a father
By: Cecil Morris Persephone Goes One Last Time The last time our Persephone left us for the other world, the underworld perpetually dark...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Mom/the middle at the end; Covid Courtship 2020;
By: Lisa Delan Mom/the middle at the end I borrowed your pain and the pills they sent to subdue the orbit of impotence until gravity...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
The Price of Ignorance; Mailbox
By: Fran Abrams The Price of Ignorance is paid in a currency of nots. Paid with lives of people who chose not to wear seat belts, decided...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Pleeze; Pomegranate Seeds
By: Claire Scott Pleeze At seven I wanted a poodle with a rhinestone eye appliqued to a gray felt skirt so I could sashay and spin, all...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Succession
By: James Zaferopolos The brook bounding from rock to rock descends The holy mountain with a tinkle, with a chortle, with The hollow echo...
Cathexis Northwest Press
Apr 1, 2022
Moving On
By: Jennifer Joyce Looking out from the jetty, at hidden sand bars, uncertain the hour which they will appear. Molasses-thick moments...
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