Conch Shell, Alessandra Leo
Folded into you,
ardent asymmetry.
What harmonious origami
of bare skin
and paper-white bed sheets.
Our pages such jigsaw canvases,
smoothed-over here,
crumpled there,
our ripped edges in union-
such indulgent dichotomies.
All creases and
delicate synchronization,
warmth and earnest loving-
a testament to miracles
to be so crisply perforated and
folded along your
dotted arms.
About the Author
Ian Davies · Shippensburg University
Ian E. Davies is a long time poet from the quaint Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and currently studies English at Shippensburg University. Professionally, he has won the 2016 Stevens-Stickler Award for Artistic Excellence for his poem, “Because”, and in the same year achieved “viral” status with his coming-out story in Outsports Magazine (an online publication journaling LGBT+ athletes) which accumulated over 90,000 page views in a matter of days. Less professionally, Ian is involved extensively in social justice advocacy, political activism, punching nazis, and filling the internet with his absurd and outrageous tweets. “Pages” first appeared in Reflector.
About the Artist
Alessandra Leo · Grandview University
Alessandra Leo is from Des Moines, Iowa and she studies art at Grandview University. She aims for recognizable realism and attention to detail in her artwork. “Conch Shell” first appeared in Earthwords.
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