Thread by @zdeawilliams, haven't actually had the chance to sit down and read all of [...]

haven't actually had the chance to sit down and read all of @minerallitmag's @Hozier issue yet bc i've been busy with D&D today BUT i am about to now. gonna liveblog it because of course.

first up--'but it is' by @_christinaim. beautiful, poignant, aching. here are a few of my favourite lines. "The field reckless / with light" and "What to call / the awful thrill of your mouth"LITERALLY had be gasping for breath. truly just [chef kiss]

@isaurarenwrites' 'high as heaven': okay. okay. you had me at the first line. really, you had me at 'sonnet'. plus i'm a sucker for anything about splitting seas, or wine, or sappho, so really this is all just perfect. and the FINAL LINES? end me at once!

ok. up next, 'what is important always endures' and 'soliloquy' by @Michael_Akuchie. 'what is important' is just so?? tangible?? and beautiful?? the tree, the weed, the greens, the dust. breathtaking. fav lines below!

continuing w 'soliloquy' - if 'what is important' was thick with foliage, then this is the opposite: dusty, fragile, ephemeral. "I remove the sand, extract leaves / pale as the air that surround a ghost." wowowowow. fav lines below!

'prayer' by @LisaLermaWeber: man, the ache in this one!! and the darkness in it, palpable and thick, but light cutting through it all: the moon, and the memory of sunshine. glad the moon is lookin' down on all us "hungry and restless creatures" (whew what a LINE!)

@_MarissaGlover_ 'we were born sick': i read the first 4 lines and just whispered "oh." so. y'know. knew i was in for A Time. the whole poem was a punch to the gut (in the BEST way possible, of course), but honestly nothing beats those opening lines for me:

next! up! 'hephaestus in drag' by luna g. reiley. OH i love the use of parentheses and punctuation in this one!! a sucker for using those and the form of a poem to create meaning, and luna does it So Well here.

next up is 'moment's silence/false spring' by @mccaelaa and oh!! i love it. short, but so so sweet. love the physicality of this one--"the pulp of rain"???? gorgeous. i'm a sucker for both flowers and catholic imagery, so my fav lines come as no surprise...

next up, 2 poems by gabrielle gallardo, 'birdsong' and 'earthly pacts'. 'shrike' and 'in a week' are my FAVS so ik already that i'll love these. 'birdsong': GORGEOUS!!! WHAT!! starts off pink, and soft, and sweet, and ends with the desperation of a throatful of thorns. w o w.

'earthly pacts': oh!! [snaps] "We did not know / we had sharp teeth, animal urge to / feed on heavenly hands" i am... in love with this. the gentleness of decay and the bite of sacrilege all in one poem? Yes Please.

next up is 'some old words found on circle boulevard' by @RadioAirHyper. i honestly want to go on this bird's adventure alongside it. also, the beauty of having a paragraph full of amazing, dazzling adventures, and ending it with "simply escape the rain"? yep. love it.

next, @ayo_soars' 'put your emptiness to melody' (stellar lyric choice, honestly): y'all, i gasped MULTIPLE times reading this. like.. "an emptiness that makes us rattle"? ok. cool. i'm moved. aaaaand the final two lines?? literally stunning.

next we have 'the path' by some zara williams person?? so here are my favourite lines from that i GUESS.

next up 'eucharist' by kelsey krempasky. already excited by the imagery the title alone evokes, so let's GO: ok yeah this is gorgeous. i love... literally every line of this. the second stanza in particular is SO moving. and the final lines? human love meeting sacrament? perfect.

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