Terra Australis#
Where winter breaks across the bow of ships,
the cold ascends in empires drawn from ice.
The mist dissolves to steam escaping lips
while warmer thoughts are mourned in sacrifice.
The cold ascends in empires drawn from ice
as wind returns a harbour street to sleet,
while warmer thoughts are mourned in sacrifice,
his letters worn with lines I can’t repeat.
As wind returns a harbour street to sleet,
I think upon the sailor lost at sea,
his letters worn with lines I can’t repeat,
the words he said in promises to me.
I think upon the sailor lost at sea
where winter breaks across the bow of ships,
the words he said in promises to me.
The mist dissolves to steam escaping lips.
January 2026
Date |
Publication |
Status |
|---|---|---|
January 24th, 2026 |
Blue Rivers |
Rejected |
January 24th, 2026 |
Macrame Literary Journal |
Pending |