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Prompt challenge #1
In the lead up to Issue III’s theme announcement on Sunday, 4th July, we are releasing three prompts this week which are linked in some way to the upcoming issue. These prompts can be used to inspire poetry, prose, photography & art. Our top three favourites will be shared on the blog next week! Post…
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Issue II features Dee Li
Eureka 13,000 years ago, a mother held Her child on her hip as it pressed Small fingers on firelit walls, Pressed until they yielded, until They were remade in its image In the last gulping bowels of tree Kind, a man stares down a scope At a stumbling doe and it is holy, This…
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Issue II features Sarah E. Hoffman
Send a message to the underworld, Through the bruises on my thigh Declare your ownership, stolen from the gods, Through the bruises on my thigh Walk through me to-ward…
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Issue II released
Issue II: hermes (the kaleidoscope) is now available to download! The digital download is completely free but if you wish to donate/pay as you feel, you can do so through the Donate tab. Our summer issue celebrates the abstract, surrealism and the multi-faceted with many contributors reflecting upon life and death. Thank you to our…
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Issue II: Nick Reeves
Below is an excerpt from a piece of prose by Nick Reeves in Issue II: hermes (the kaleidoscope) Photocopy of a snapshot in the mirror frame by Nick Reeves She told me more than once that I reminded her of her first lover, a youth named Stewart who, shortly after they had met, plummeted from…
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Issue II: Renwick Berchild
Below is an excerpt from a poem by Renwick Berchild in Issue II: hermes (the kaleidoscope) Tornadoes by Renwick Berchild Not to die—be dead—but to be hot. Charged like a battery, maybe I could blow past my limits, slink my cooking mind around the conscious root and know optimal form, lick a god’s thumb, worth…
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Issue II: ESH Leighton
Below is an excerpt from a poem by ESH Leighton in Issue II: hermes (the kaleidoscope) Antilullaby by ESH Leighton How do I go to sleep When I did not put the world back together again, did not tuck in the snowy owls or say goodnight to the weeping volcanos When I am…
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Issue II: interview
We are delighted to announce Issue II: hermes (the kaleidoscope) will feature an interview with Gabriela Marie Milton. Milton has been a long time supporter of FVR in both its iterations so we cannot wait to share more about her, her craft and her publications! In the meantime, Milton’s bio below provides links to where…
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Issue II: cover reveal
Issue II: hermes (the kaleidoscope) will be released on Tuesday, 15th June 2021. The front cover photograph was taken by editor, Kristiana Reed (me…).
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Issue II: contributors
It is a pleasure to announce the following people will be featured in Issue II: hermes (the kaleidoscope). Poetry by: Karen Fraser Pieter L. Harreman Lynn White Enrico Barigazzi Jaya Avendel Malgosia clementine valerie black Richard LeDue Jay Mora-Shihadeh Ellie Morfou ESH Leighton Jess Janz Vanessa Napolitano Liyona Sarah E. Hoffman R. Berchild Lori Zybala…
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