Compulsive Swim
Paperback
Series: Austin Davis - Outcast Press Poetry
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ISBN13: 9798374651072
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 21 2023
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 21 2023
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Our city is an ocean. Every night one of our neighbors drowns in a crack on the sidewalk. Every night we call it hope to climb our way to the moon--just to panic when we can't find an airplane or meteor to catch a ride home on. We spend days treading water with someone we love, hoping that a wave doesn't rise and block our view of the sun. These 30+ illustrated poems exemplify that floating feeling of being between sobriety, society, and stillness. Austin Davis is a poet and activist from Phoenix, AZ, who lives with OCD. He is the author of the chapbook Lotus & The Apocalypse and the founder of AZ Hugs For the Houseless. Like a Gen-Z John Donne...
- Angele Ellis, Cultural Daily Davis holds in his hands an understanding for the diversity of emotion like it's the fragile globe of a dandelion ready for wishes.
- Caitie Young, The Poetry Question
- Caitie Young, The Poetry Question
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