Crude Ash¹

a however of things, a hope for gorgeous insults, an arrival of sky-like hues, a renewal of everyday life,
Nicholas Wong
from the journal Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry & Opinion

Test

Nathan Spoon on "The Three Trees at Hudimesnil"
Photo: Nathan Spoon
Nathan Spoon
The difficulty is in knowing where to  draw the line.
John F. Deane
I saw the small brown flecks of wisdom like rust-drops on his hands
Chiagoziem Jideofor
like prayers and hymns like a fence of gmelina trees blocking the sun
Ángel García
The phone rings. I pick up. The voice, unrecognizable.
Fernando Pessoa (translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa & Patricio Ferrari)
I cannot be the first in anything, because there is no first. I therefore prefer the nothing of being only that being nothing.

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