sovay: (Lord Peter Wimsey: passion)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2026-04-27 01:00 am

We dig for the gods that leave no bones

My poem "Reap the Rules" is now online at Reckoning.

It is my first publication with the magazine; it appears as part of the special issue on war, conflict, and environmental justice. I was honored to have it chosen when I had submitted it for another call and it should not have become more relevant than when I wrote it last summer, after the first U.S. strikes on Iran. The Elamite cuneiform means a prayer to Pinikir, the oldest goddess I know in that region. The English title is a mondegreen from Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane's "Coins for the Eyes" (2022). I wanted it so much to be an artifact of that moment's anger. The need for curse tablets appears inexhaustible.
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[personal profile] mrissa 2026-04-27 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
Hooray, I've been waiting for this one to be publicly shareable since I read the issue!
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[personal profile] asakiyume 2026-04-27 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, I love every line of this. Beautiful.
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[personal profile] gwynnega 2026-04-27 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! It's beautiful.