Letter to a Reader
by Mark Mordue
Hey You,
Can you feel me there – with you, still?
Or is it you who is here, with me now, as I write us this letter?
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Featured Writing
Recent Works
The latest poetry, fiction, essays, art and reviews from Verity La.
Dali and the Department of War (Tim Slade)
A metal beak opens: rewriting history, hairpin maneuvers of flight, sparrows nest peacefully inside a dead motor. The sparrows work,…
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…
The Mayoral Robes (Mark O’Flynn)
When the homemade pipe bomb detonated outside the Council chambers one night shattering the glazed double doors and the windscreens…
Fantasy (Murtaza Ali)
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The Emperor’s Return (Anne Casey)Just one piece—they will never notice he whinnied as he secreted the piece in his pocket just before he ordered the summary evisceration of his predecessor, as black letters slicked ... Read More
VOICES OF DIASPORA: (Mark William Jackson, Angelene Karas and Eunice Andrada)(edited by Ramon Loyola & Michele Seminara) Proof of Life By Mark William Jackson If asked for proof of identity I can pull a card from my sacred wallet that ... Read More
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Fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism published in Verity La since 2010.
An archive of writing committed to freedom of expression and resistance to ideological conformity.
Fortune-telling (Eileen Chong)All night I dreamed of my home, of the roads that are so long and straight they die in the middle— ... Read More
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 9: David AdèsDAVID ADÈS: In this edition of the Verity La Poetry Podcast, Podcast Producer Alice Allan chats with David Adès about US poet W. S. Merwin along with David’s time spent ... Read More
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