the tide rises, the tide falls | an oceanic literary magazine

Merfolk in the Ghost Net

Katherine Quevedo

The sea laps and pulls and spits.
The cliffs stare past...

Wintering at Nauset Beach

Jesse Suess

Smooth agates hunt sunlight
for the incoming tide...

Premier chant d'automne

Adam D.H

[…] it goes down easier in a storm […]

[… what they call a body of water.]...

Light Through Water

Makena Metz

I stare at the shimmering ocean
calm, clear turquoise...

The Widow's Walk

Sarah Little

Collate a map.
Climb slow and careful through a window...

Dying Stars

Silk~

snowflakes into the black lake...

Survived By

Nora Sun

what happened to the silence left by rubber ducks
was it swallowed by those colorful candies balancing...

Indifference

K.J. Kogon

The sea swallows me up / gulps me down / makes me
into a smooth stone, small enough to fit in your pocket...

Memory of the Sea

Clarice Lima

itchy salt eyes
tangerine tips...

naiad's requiem

Natalia Queenan

this august dragonflies come
together in imperfect circles...

victory lapse

Vivian Zhu

striped flag around your shoulders, eyes whet
with stolen triumph. & this era of wanting...

Janet Was Right: I Am a Bad Man

Barrett Warner

It wasn’t something I could fix by swimming sideways.
That was how dolphins made love...