BoundBy: July '23
Desire drives all: the good, the bad and the poem. Explore the seven poems published in the fourth edition of BoundBy, including two inspired by Fleabag, and commentaries by Laura van Diesen and Rebecca Meldon on their submissions. Also featuring an essay on the power of poetry in social change by Kelsey Edwards.
Inspired By: FLeabag
Waltz for Body and Water
A poem by Laura van Diesen
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My Sleeping Beauty
A poem by Grace Simmonds
Inspired By: FLeabag
It Will Pass
A poem by Vance Hatton
(Lightly swung, cantabile)
The sea is all uncaring mouth,
but still, speak to her. Step into the shore,
worry the edges of her conversation...
I loved her in January,
huddled on the bus ride down
through the night and into town...
My little Briar Rose, only fifteen years old;
prick your finger, hurry quick—
Let me fuck your little body cold!...
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Sphyrnidae
A poem by Elly Hong
1.
There are nine species of hammerhead shark in the world. They
are consummate predators. They travel as a school; and yet...
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Icarus/Dieback
A poem by Rebecca Meldon
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Rabid Dog
A poem by Erin Lewis
slick sick tissue-paper tick
tock
Icarus,
we were not meant to fly!...
Teeth are bared against the bars of the cage,
saliva dripping down to the ground
and blending into the matted, shed hairs...