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    • Rest of US by Richard Hamilton
    • evening primroses by Emma Loomis-Amrhein
    • Profit | Prophet by Patrick Blagrave
    • To Hold Your Moss-Covered Heart by Schuyler Peck
    • The Good House & The Bad House by Doe Parker
    • The Road Is Long & Beautiful by Terra Oliveira
    • And Still To Sleep by Terra Oliveira
    • An Old Blue Light by Terra Oliveira
    • Processes: A Meditation by Terra Oliveira
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    • Issue Four: Fall 2020
    • Issue Three: Spring 2020
    • Issue Two: Fall 2019
    • Issue One: Spring 2019
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SWIRL

BY BRANDI SPERING.


​                        Look at our durations. What do they look like 

 
​                        ​                                 Cross the luminous gate from heaven 

 
​                        ​                                                               and come back 

 
​                        ​                                                 down 

 
​                        ​                                  You are the gate in that body

 
​                        ​                                 the surge 

 
​                        ​                                 that come sometimes come in             side of that 

 
​                        ​                                  pattern 

 
​                        ​                                 through the front door of the house 

​ 
​                        ​                                 ​let it in.

Brandi Spering resides in South Philadelphia where she writes, sews, and paints. Favoring non-fiction and poetry above else, her writing tends to sway between both, carrying a little over each time. She has received her BFA in Creative Writing from Pratt Institute. Spering's first book, This I Can Tell You, is forthcoming from Perennial Press, winter 2021. Other works can be found in super / natural: art and fiction for the future, Schuylkill Valley Journal, and Stardust Magazine. You can follow her on Instagram @brnd_sprng.
  • About
  • Books
    • Rest of US by Richard Hamilton
    • evening primroses by Emma Loomis-Amrhein
    • Profit | Prophet by Patrick Blagrave
    • To Hold Your Moss-Covered Heart by Schuyler Peck
    • The Good House & The Bad House by Doe Parker
    • The Road Is Long & Beautiful by Terra Oliveira
    • And Still To Sleep by Terra Oliveira
    • An Old Blue Light by Terra Oliveira
    • Processes: A Meditation by Terra Oliveira
  • Journal
    • Issue Four: Fall 2020
    • Issue Three: Spring 2020
    • Issue Two: Fall 2019
    • Issue One: Spring 2019
  • Interviews