Dali and the Department of War
by Tim Slade
A metal beak opens: rewriting history,
hairpin maneuvers of flight, sparrows
nest peacefully inside a dead motor.
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WINGSPAN: A Festschrift for Robert Adamson
Almost Once Devin Johnston The moment you died, the day turned sideways, no longer moving in any direction, the winter…
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When the homemade pipe bomb detonated outside the Council chambers one night shattering the glazed double doors and the windscreens…
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