Poetry

  • goldfish

    A poem in JAKE the Mag, originally published 17th May 2023. I used to think that I could swimHow does pain transform?Living is like a turtle shell growing around a plastic bagA woman becoming –If I am an aborted goldfish then I am also a forest floor of fungiI gave birth to a man with…

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  • spring

    A poem in JAKE the Mag, originally published 17th May 2023. Revised. the earth labours life like a burden and a prayerwhen spring emergesto lay down leavesin an ancestral language i never learntstill i speakthrough the shrapnel from winter’s boneto carefor the things that make it out alive

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