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Like little creatures by DS Maolalai (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
“words
roll a mosey
and stroll down main street.”… Read More Like little creatures by DS Maolalai (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
Category: Poetry
— Poetry, Uncategorized —
salt apples by Laura Theis (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
“even the rose-coloured apples
are carnival-starved”… Read More salt apples by Laura Theis (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
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Child Time by Koji A. Dae (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
“Mother’s time works differently.
always late, always rushed,
too many laters, not enough nows.”… Read More Child Time by Koji A. Dae (Lucent Dreaming Issue 7)
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Brexit: an A to Z guide by Sarah Evans (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
Poem by Sarah Evans, published in issue 6 of Lucent Dreaming… Read More Brexit: an A to Z guide by Sarah Evans (Lucent Dreaming Issue 6)
Lucent Dreaming 2020 Pamphlet and Novella Contests: Deadline 4th December 2020
2020 is here and with it our brand new competitions! Submit your short stories and poems by May 2020.… Read More Lucent Dreaming 2020 Pamphlet and Novella Contests: Deadline 4th December 2020
Announcing our Pushcart Nominations
We’re delighted to share our Pushcart nominations from 2019 for 2020. We wish we could nominate all our published pieces, but as we can’t, here are six of our many favourites from 2019! ‘Force Mechanism’ by Aremu Adams Adebisi ‘The Rhythms of Anxiety’ by Ian Grosz ‘Baintsi’ by Madeleine Milligan ‘Threads of a soft language’… Read More Announcing our Pushcart Nominations
Grey by Nicola Maclean (Lucent Dreaming Issue 5)
Brutalism birthed this fountain,
and Modernism birthed Mondrian
who left his mark on the erupting clock tower.… Read More Grey by Nicola Maclean (Lucent Dreaming Issue 5)
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Time Has Stopped by Milton P. Ehrlich (Lucent Dreaming Issue 5)
The merry-go-round
of old mother earth
has ground to a halt.… Read More Time Has Stopped by Milton P. Ehrlich (Lucent Dreaming Issue 5)
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The Experiment by C.N. Kunzli (Lucent Dreaming Issue 5)
Armed soldiers lead you up a steep path that winds through sharp corners. “Don’t look down,” they tell you; and you listen. … Read More The Experiment by C.N. Kunzli (Lucent Dreaming Issue 5)
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The Inevitable Summer by Subhadip Majumdar (Lucent Dreaming Issue 5)
What else can I do?
The numb question travels through space to eternity
And comes back to me
When I remember that glare
Of the woman whom I promised
A spring in the city of Kafka.… Read More The Inevitable Summer by Subhadip Majumdar (Lucent Dreaming Issue 5)