Art: "And I ride and I ride" by Lisa Gostev
Poetry: "to be rollickin randy dandy o" by Jillian A. Fantin
when he was six,
i pushed my brother
off his playship
to see
how boys
would fall
a way hay roll an’
go the fops and manta rays.
when the john b sloops
over maritime menisci,
when the way hay
baubles plastic
i roll an’ sing
as a joyous voyeurger
of a sailor’s prerogative.
let me go a’bollocking
in a randy mass
of Caligula conchered shells,
those sea stars shining
like stars
six is my brother’s
favourite number—
when he counts
in binary, his hands
look at me
like a v-sign.
Published July 17th 2023
Jillian A. Fantin (they/them) is a poet with roots in the American South and north central England. They co-founded and edit RENESME LITERARY, a shortform Twilight inspired online arts journal. Currently, Jillian serves as an editorial intern for Sundress Publications and collects clown memorabilia.
Lisa Gostev was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She studied at Carver Center for Arts and Technology and received a BFA in Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art and MFA in Painting at Indiana University. Recent selected exhibition venues include Dane ledet Gallery, LA; Carver Center Gallery, MD; The Cade Gallery, MD; The Bowery Gallery, NY; Fraser Gallery, MD; SOFA Gallery, IN. Her awards include the Young Artist Award; Bethesda Painting Awards, MIEA study abroad grant of Baltimore Community Foundation to study at the Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy (2006). Currently she is the Assistant Professor of Art at Nicholls State University in Louisiana.