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Call Me [Brackets]
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We are a thematic biannual online literary journal publishing the strange, the surprising, the experimental, and everything in-between. Find us on Bluesky too!
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#poetry
madness bespoke
madness takes many forms
each uniquely designed
to exploit the deepest fears
of the afflicted
those who crave the peace of solitude
are plunged into the hell
of a chorus of alien voices chanting
a discordant whirlwind of glossolalia
that resolves into harsh commands
urging the commission
of unspeakable deeds
implacable silence descends upon
the unfortunates who fear isolation
the world prisoned outside
a fishbowl of glass so thick
they can hear nothing
nor can they be heard
all made worse because
they can see out but no one looks in
and then there are the people like me
we who wonder why
when our every reason for living is gone
(swept away in tidal agonies
that rush in night after night
in the same unedited nightmare)
we are still here
our madness is subtle
condemned to wake day after day
into a world stripped of meaning
and go through the motions of being alive
when inside we carry nothing
but the cold and heavy ashes of dreams
© 2014 RC deWinter
Published in @CallMeBrackets, December 2019

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#poetry
nightsong
it's more than halfway
to daylight
as i lie down to my rest
and to sleep
if i can
if i can
without you here
though i can't see
the slice of darkness
where you lie alone
in silence
you are tumbling
in the river
in the red red river
running round my heart
my skin warms to your presence
and i taste your very essence
as i wrap you up in every shade of blue
we're survivors of the flood
baptized in pain
baptized in blood
the holy water of surrender
reborn with new eyes to look for love
and now that we've found it
we will never be without it
how i long to kiss the questions
from your mind
someday soon i will hold you
need no magick to unfold you
as we melt into the mystery of one
© 2017 RC deWinter
Published in @CallMeBrackets
April 2021

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You’re invited to the 2025 Red Rook Press Launch party! Come join us at Dirah Washington and listen to some live readings, enjoy some refreshments, and maybe even purchase some books! Free for all 🎉🥳
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