All churches smell of biography At three in the morning. The gibbous moon squints As water from the priest’s brush Hits us like Hosanna. We pick the paska with our fingers, Coveting bits of candied fruit To hoard on our plates. A sin some say, Though God bid us to save treasure for later. If […]
Hal Wright
Hal Wright is a queer writer whose prose has been published in Ninth Letter, X-R-A-Y, The Hunger, and elsewhere. His poetry is inspired by the time he spent teaching English in Ukraine.