I Go Scarecrow
AJ Wright
Statica Head No 01
Thad DeVassie
I’ve only seen myself
in passing—
in the flat wall of a knife
at breakfast,
the streaked glass
of a hospital door.
It’s enough to know
the outline:
sharp as thistle spine,
all hinge and dry stalk.
You could string a fence
between my ribs
with all the winters
I’ve lived.
William James is from western Pennsylvania, but now calls New Hampshire their home. They are the author of rebel hearts & restless ghosts (2016) and If I Forget Thee Lowcountry (2021); individual poems have been published in Booth, Forklift Ohio, The Shore, Stirring, and elsewhere.
Míša Hejná writes and performs poetry in Denmark. Míša's work combines the textual, the visual, and the aural. She paints primarily with watercolours, ink, and menstrual fluid. She has published her work in the anthologies by Aarhus Women Write as well as in Abstract Magazine and Ariel Chart. Míša is also an academic writer. Find her online at https://misprdlina.wordpress.com/ and on Instagram.