Such Keepsakes

I trod the beach and bluffs, the woodlands / upstream. The melody of the edge is my plaything.

In this seaside poem, the narrator settles into an unconventional home. You can read the full piece in Hot Pot Magazine's fourteenth issue, published in August 2024, here.  

The issue's cover art is by Irina Tall. You can find more of their work here.