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    Sincere Dalliances Issue #2
    Sincere Dalliances Issue #2
    Sincere Dalliances Issue #2
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    Sincere Dalliances Issue #2

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    Sincere Dalliances is a twice yearly publication featuring innovative poetry and short fiction written by creators under the age of 40 from coast to coast.


    Issue #2 features work by Felix Alexander, Aja Bailey, Angie Brady, Linda Crate, Mars Gray, Brandon Nicholas, Gargi Sidani, & Myrtle Thomas.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEllerslie Books
    Release dateNov 27, 2023
    ISBN9798868993879
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      Sincere Dalliances Issue #2 - H.S. Leigh Koonce

      Sincere Dalliances Issue #2

      Sincere Dalliances Issue #2

      Sincere Dalliances Issue #2

      H.S. Leigh Koonce, Editor

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      Ellerslie Books

      Copyright © 2023 by Ellerslie Books

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      First Printing, 2023

      Contents

      Raining Again

      Night Shades in Troubled Times

      Rose/risenwood

      A snail

      The Catharsis

      it was loki

      Thanks Karen

      It

      Queen Mount

      Father's wisdom

      Bless

      Little Bird Resting in my Heart

      Moons, Fireflies, Slugs, and Moths

      Siren Song

      The Night's Eyeless Face and I'm but a Dream

      now it seems worse

      Bruise Royals

      Organized organisms

      A bug on the moon

      petals or darts

      As Shadows Fall in Haunting Clarity

      shinrin-yoku

      two periods in two weeks

      feared your rejection

      Rain

      let society crumble

      Falling and Rotting

      Autumn Walks in the Twilight

      Contributors

      Raining Again

      Felix Alexander

      It’s raining again.

      Just like last week.

      I didn’t mind the rain last week.

      It was only a minor nuisance, a slight twist of fate that we laughed at.

      But last week was different.

      Last week was with you.

      Yesterday, the counselors sat the marching band down in the school’s

                auditorium

      and told us what happened.

      You, torn from our grasp by your own hands.

      There was no music in the air that day.

      The words, quietly spoken - almost whispered - dealt the loudest blow.

      Tonight is the homecoming football game.

      I can tell there is something in the air,

      like that damp smell

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