Monday, June 22, 2026

"Dream of Spring" by Joy Hallinan


Dream of Spring

The ritual begins with a splash of ice cold spring water. Dusting on a white powder with a gilded brush. Carefully drawing again the outline of lips ruby red. A black kohl pencil fills sparse brows. A smear of the queen's royal jelly seeps into the faint beginnings of sinking cheeks. A smile. Then, the slow stir of collagen into her black coffee.

gazing into a mirror
reflects back the green witch
hazel saplings
surrounded by bent trees
with grey-haired moss

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"Dream of Spring" by Joy Hallinan

Dream of Spring The ritual begins with a splash of ice cold spring water. Dusting on a white powder with a gilded brush. Carefully drawing a...