issue 8
// poetry
Dismemberment
by M. Campbell
here is my femur,
Venezuela, may it allow you to
take to the mountains to
begin anew, and for Sudan my
intestines as you
filter through what is forced and what
is you, for The Congo my
ulna and radius to
push back the west and
Kurdistan, my hands are yours as you
weave a space to rest and
oh Gaza, what can I give you, the
bleeding heart of the earth and
how much I would unwind myself to
bind our wounds, to
fill our dearth.
about the author // M. Campbell
| M. Campbell is a Jamaican-American poet. M. was a 2025 Brooklyn Poets fellow, a finalist for the 2026 Tusculum Review Chapbook Prize, and has placed in a handful of contests, including first place in the 2026 Frank O’Hara Prize Contest. You can find published and forthcoming poems in Amistad, The Ana, Three Decker, Variety Pack, The Worcester Review, and elsewhere. |
Instagram: @mcampbellwrites
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