Cathexis Northwest Press
Grendel’s Complaint; Atonement
By: Benjamin Rose Grendel's Complaint Begotten son of the murderer’s mark, Cursed fen-dweller, and warden of the mere Dragging his...
C.N.P Poetry
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
The Mending; Notes from the Fall; The Waiting
By: Thomas Hedt The Mending You loved the peace of your water bound commute Southworth to Fauntleroy, then on to Seattle. With friends...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Easter Redux: A Cento
By: Jean Theron Tourists await the whistle-blow to start The Resurrection— packed churches all over— a beautiful time a lavish tenet an...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Cycle
By: Cristina DeSouza I dig holes in the soil with bare hands, repeating myself in abrupt movements, in search for the depths of earth. I...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Approaching the Grand Canyon; The Horizon of the Interior; One More Poem About the Rising Tide
By: Will Austin Simescu Approaching the Grand Canyon Today, Notre-Dame burned but I mostly just gazed heavenward. Golden sun splits the...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Politics; Old White Guys on Snowmobiles; The Ring Cycle
By: Keith Dunlap Politics We are driven by forces we don’t know Driven by forces as unrelenting as snow A snow that doesn’t stop to count...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
when 1 + 1 is more than 2; A Measure of His Intention
By: Annette Brown when 1 + 1 is more than 2 because there is no video record of his life i remember him in 2 dimensions-- posing on...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Arched Living Room; How I Found Me; Moonlit Leaves
By: Diane Corson Arched Living Room The house feels different now, chairs, a table, bare now, there is a buffet laid with unopened mail,...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
THE SUN NO LONGER SETS HERE
By: Lucy Dhar You can be a soothsayer in my hometown. Every single day is like the last and the coming; the air is just as drowsy as the...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Persephone Goes One Last Time; Poem in which I am not a father
By: Cecil Morris Persephone Goes One Last Time The last time our Persephone left us for the other world, the underworld perpetually dark...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Mom/the middle at the end; Covid Courtship 2020;
By: Lisa Delan Mom/the middle at the end I borrowed your pain and the pills they sent to subdue the orbit of impotence until gravity...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
The Price of Ignorance; Mailbox
By: Fran Abrams The Price of Ignorance is paid in a currency of nots. Paid with lives of people who chose not to wear seat belts, decided...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Pleeze; Pomegranate Seeds
By: Claire Scott Pleeze At seven I wanted a poodle with a rhinestone eye appliqued to a gray felt skirt so I could sashay and spin, all...
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- Apr 1
Succession
By: James Zaferopolos The brook bounding from rock to rock descends The holy mountain with a tinkle, with a chortle, with The hollow echo...
Cathexis Northwest Press
- Apr 1
Moving On
By: Jennifer Joyce Looking out from the jetty, at hidden sand bars, uncertain the hour which they will appear. Molasses-thick moments...