Submission
Original Poetry

Submission

She submitsNever to the constant carnival of changing societal norms,A colour-changing chameleon of contradictions. She submitsNot to man, money or meritocracy,The majestic monsters of materialism. She submits Not to boundaryless, muscular liberalism,False falcon of freedom…

Italia
Original Poetry

Italia

~ by Avellina Balestri Empire of the heart You shake me to the core Fire-fused mountains  And crumbling foundations Hot as your passion For living untamed You bleed through me (more…)

Saint Hubert’s Hunt
Original Poetry

Saint Hubert’s Hunt

O cross between the antlers beamingbrighter than the brightest painSearing, sun-sunk hour of death, hail!Strung of suffocation and suffusionHunted as the wild stag, white as host-to-tongueWild bread, wilder meat, wending through weeds,Hooves that wound us,…

Call of Herne
Original Poetry

Call of Herne

Hazy-eyed dreamer  You long to be  In the tangled wood  Amongst the trees    To feel the pulse  The forest’s charm  That pounding, that burning  The hunters’ drums Starry-eyed poet Arise! Awake! The Hunter calls…