After having kissed the stone

Plucking the blackberry
I am pricked by a thorn,
and I cannot tell the berry’s blood
from my own.

Matthew VanderKwaak

Matthew is an writer, artist, musician, and medievalist from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His work explores the connections that bind the cosmic to the ordinary. He is currently teaching in the Foundation Year Program at University of King’s College. 

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