Poetry
From Issue III (2018) Triolet
by EMILY ALTA HOCKADAY
Outside the cottage, in the shrub, a deer sits
with fawn, eating beach plums and hiding
from the midday sun, which is hot but keeps mosquitoes
outside the cottage in the shrub. A deer sits,
complacent; it owns this island. When the beachgoers
are gone, the bright umbrellas packed, litter thrown
outside the cottage—in the shrub, a deer will sit,
with fawn, eating beach plums unhidden.
Hemisphere | SANDY COOMER
Acrylic pour painting on wood panel, 18 x 18 in., 2018
Emily Alta Hockaday
Emily Alta Hockaday is a poet and editor living in Queens. She is author of five chapbooks: Beach Vocabulary, Space on Earth, Ophelia: A Botanist’s Guide, What We Love & Will Not Give Up, and Starting a Life. Her poetry can be found in literary journals including North American Review, The Collapsar, Cosmonauts Avenue, and Newtown Literary. Her website is emilyhockaday.com.
Sandy Coomer
Sandy Coomer is an artist and poet. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks, including Rivers Within Us (Unsolicited Press). Her art has been featured in local art shows and exhibits and has been published in Lunch Ticket, Varnish, The Wire's Dream Magazine, and Inklette, among others. She lives in Brentwood, Tennessee.