A NEW MOON

A NEW MOON

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(The Farrier's Account)
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His Last Exertion
A bead of sweat in the palm of a hand suspended by a spectral arm of this unconscious galaxy * A bead of sweat no greater than a seed adrift in no man’s…
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Unearth
A third of our lives asleep— as though a third eye claimed an equal share, and drew the world into some deep hypnosis.
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November
A Chapbook
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Quarry
A lifetime since I’d last ignored the signs forbidding us from entering the caved-in skull of that old pit of stone, I jumped the barbed-wire fence and…
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The Player Piano
It stood there with the splendour of a tombstone, yet lacked the decorum to remain quiet very long.
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[⸺]
I know somehow that I am in a void presided over by a careful god— because it is his dwarfing heart that pumps what little warmth, and air, and life I…
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Calling
A mirage you can almost taste from where you’re knelt—except this thirst is not for water, but a cold and virtually translucent blood. Translucent as…
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Twins
‘Dark matter and dark energy […] are words astronomers have come up with to give a name to the mysterious, invisible side of the Universe.’ —ESA How…
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A NEW MOON
A NEW MOON
Humphrey ‘Huck’ Astley is a poet from Oxford, UK. His poems have appeared in various journals including Agenda and The London Magazine. He is editor of TheCrankMag.com. 'Poets are queer fish who must be allowed to go their own way.' (Marx)
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