ISSUE 1
Emily Reynders
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Tidal
Floating is a good word
to explain the balance.
My body weightless in the mass,
head cradled, breathing deeply above
earth’s wavering liquid
and someone could carry me then.
The coast is home
to plenty of creatures pulled below,
waiting for something,
for someone to call out.
Sound is compressed by a muffled
wail that comes when water fills
my left ear—
Did you hear that?
In this place, I lean towards the
moonlight because even the ocean
looks up,
drawn in by a force
that proves she’s not the only one
tired of the distance.
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Emily Reynders is a poet from San Diego, California. Her work has previously been featured in PacificReview: A West Coast Arts Review Annual and Poets Underground. Emily is the author of To Exist As Time, a debut poetry collection exploring the complexities of human emotion mirrored by themes in nature.