One time— Cassie’s pool had a frog in it
in the summer and we swam &
chased & squealed with its tiny, darting being
late into the warm warm night...
Excerpt from The Chase
hms is a poet, actor, and hippie fun auntie, daughter, sister, tomboy, creative. She enjoys hikes in the woods, singing, and theatre. She has pursued her acting career across the globe; performing in LA, Off Broadway in NY in 2022, then taught kids’ theatre in SF and more after school programs. Currently enrolled in her first poetry class at Berkeley City College, hms has been writing in journals since her pre-teen years, and hopes to continue to grow in the poetry community.
The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast November submitted poems episode features four wonderful contributions read by the poets. Different forms and themes are featured. The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast explores the art of poetry through interviews with poets and artists including Safia Elhillo, A.E. Stallings, Dana Gioia, Yanyi, Olivia Gatwood, Lisa Marie Simmons and more. Subscribe today.
Listen to the poems using your favorite podcast player and then read each below:
- ràithean by Eartha Davis
- Park Avenue South by Thomas Sadoski
- The Chase by hms
Look: seasons
are softening
under
our
hands / tufting...
Excerpt from ràithean
Eartha Davis is a 19-year-old Ngāpuhi-Albannach woman living on Wiradjuri land. She placed second in the 2022 Global Woorilla Poetry Prize Youth Section and has been nominated for Best of the Net, with work published or forthcoming in Wildness, Rabbit, Frozen Sea, Minarets, South Florida Poetry Journal, JMWW, LEON Literary Review, Arboreal Magazine, ELJ Editions, Boats Against the Current, the Basilisk Tree, the Stirling Review, Where the Meadows Reside, Eucalyptus Lit, Uppagus, Blue Marble, Discretionary Love, Sour Cherry Magazine, Revolute, & Eunoia Review, among others. She is a poetry editor at 3 journals and dreams of birds.
I drove past a certain building
that I know from long ago
where there was a certain second floor balcony
that looked over a cheap curry house,
where I dreamt and smoked and fucked...
Excerpt from Park Avenue South
Thomas Sadoski is a founding member of the international humanitarian organizations War Child USA and International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance and member of the advisory council for Fortify Rights. His poetry has appeared in La Piccioletta Barca, The Bangalore Review, and Half & One. He lives in Upstate New York.
One time— Cassie’s pool had a frog in it
in the summer and we swam &
chased & squealed with its tiny, darting being
late into the warm warm night...
Excerpt from The Chase
hms is a poet, actor, and hippie fun auntie, daughter, sister, tomboy, creative. She enjoys hikes in the woods, singing, and theatre. She has pursued her acting career across the globe; performing in LA, Off Broadway in NY in 2022, then taught kids’ theatre in SF and more after school programs. Currently enrolled in her first poetry class at Berkeley City College, hms has been writing in journals since her pre-teen years, and hopes to continue to grow in the poetry community.
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