Theophylline finishes with poems informed by pandemic walks and human aging that include two translations: from Rosalía de Castro
based on Jones’s experiences in World War I
Zij staat symbool voor oneindigheid en onsterfelijkheid
gathers work by one of the most significant poets of the Black Mountain and Beat generation
We witness acts of communing between human inhabitants
Gazing Down On It Emily Critchley Theophylline finishes with poems informedLauren de S Naylor Gazing Down On It is a collection of dream narratives, of language as weapon or prayer, compiled in the plague year of 2020. These fragments iterate a pervasive concern with embodiment in relation to others, boundaries and their transgression, and the shifting slipping quality of roles and identities such as wife, mother, daughter, parent, queer, artist, witch and especially, woman (all terms that discomfort).