Ontology

the world resides outside the eyes

it hides beneath the hides of men

in dreams and words it starts to rise

the world resides outside the eyes

then dies a death of formal lies

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disguised in lines of skin again

the world resides outside the eyes

it hides beneath the hides of men

• February 2026

Submission History

Date	Publication	Status
February 8th, 2026	Macabre Magazine	Rejected
February 17th, 2026	Altar Literary Magazine	Rejected
July 1st, 2026	Anglican Theological Review	Pending
July 1st, 2026	St. Katherine Review	Accepted
July 1st, 2026	Oxford Review (#2)	Pending

Responses

Dear Grant

Thank you for sending us “Ontology”. We love it and would like to publish it in our online journal St. Katherine Review. If the work is still available, please respond by email to accept the publication agreement. Please include a short bio. All accepted works are considered as well for an annual printed/epub version of St. Katherine Review, so please also include your mailing address. Thanks again, and we look forward to hearing from you.

—Sheila Marie Murray-Nellis, Poetry Editor