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New beginnings, Volume 3:

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Introduction

Contents New Beginnings Joanna Magill Contributors Joanna Magill A note Joanna Magill

Poetry

Spark Joanna Magill The Lovers Joanna Magill Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Joanna Magill Skinny Dipping Joanna Magill The Funeral Joanna Magill Inflamed Currents of Mind Joanna Magill Mental Rot Joanna Magill Kill the Moonlight Joanna Magill A Warning to Boys who Angle Joanna Magill Myself Joanna Magill Me Mum Joanna Magill a map of Yemen and others (2020) Joanna Magill The Backwards Year Joanna Magill Precious, of the essence Joanna Magill A zoo in my room Joanna Magill Isolation Joanna Magill Speak up, Speak out! Joanna Magill Uni Days Joanna Magill uni grad boat Joanna Magill In Time Joanna Magill Eden Joanna Magill 03.08 Joanna Magill 03:30 Joanna Magill My Alexander Joanna Magill Validation Joanna Magill You Make me So Sad Joanna Magill The Son Drawn from Water Joanna Magill Visitors at Allah’s House Joanna Magill

Short-story

No Man’s Gallery Joanna Magill Necromanitc Joanna Magill Gemini Joanna Magill 70s Joanna Magill Aqua Joanna Magill Bilston Joanna Magill A letter to the Prehistoric Woman who painted rock art at Bhimbetka Caves Joanna Magill

Skinny Dipping

Joanna Magill

Eight o’clock in the evening

and God had decided on sunlight

to paint your golden frame.

East of Eden and longing to return,

I shed my clothes like snakeskin

and searched for salvation in the folds of your flesh.

 

Agnus Dei!

I led you to still waters

which rushed to give us hungry kisses

as we kept time with the siren song.

 

I fell into the continents of your arms

and life was inflected with the future tense.

Above us the vultures sang,

yet we were deaf to their requiem.

 

For, in that moment we ourselves

became a holy chord.

We lay, plagal,

preferring eternal suspension

than to ever resolve.

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New beginnings, Volume 3:

New Beginnings is our third and final volume of 2020. It is also our longest yet, with close to 100 pieces having been sent in for review from over 80 writers. Additionally, this volume marks a step towards making our initiative even more inclusive, having opened submissions for art and photography, too.

2021 may not be the new beginning for which we are all hoping. In fact, it is likely that the world will stay largely the same. However, that doesn’t stop us doing what we can to make it a little better. In supporting and being involved in an initiative whose primary motivation is to build one another up, our team and readership have certainly proven to be committed to making positive change already.

First published by Ta Voix 2020