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a line in the sand
Alex Stolis

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Newspeak Haiku

The past is a line in the sand.
A naked bulb swinging in an empty hall.
The taste of your skin when it rains.

Newspeak Haiku

We are the space between words.
The period to separate thoughts.
Sentence scraps in fragments of color.

Newspeak Haiku

When we disappear, water will save us.
Our limbs will dissolve into waves.
We will break over familiar shores.

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Alex Stolis lives in Minneapolis; he has had poems published in numerous journals. The full-length collection, Postcards from the Knife-Thrower was runner up for the Moon City Poetry Prize in 2017. Two full length collections Pop. 1280, and John Berryman Died Here were released by Cyberwit and available on Amazon.  His work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in Piker’s Press, Jasper’s Folly Poetry Journal, One Art Poetry, Black Moon Magazine, and Star 82 Review. His chapbook, Postcards from the Knife-Thrower’s Wife is forthcoming from Louisiana Literature Press in 2024. He has been nominated multiple times for the Pushcart Prize.