Four Poems Published via Apofenie Magazine

Four poems of mine "Dry Tree," "Watching Them Swim," "Sleeping Through the Earthquake," and "What Ourselves Have Figured Out" have been published by Apofenie Magazine in their Volume 11: The Divine. Read them here https://www.apofenie.com/poetry/2021/7/12/dry-tree-and-other-poems !

Apofenie Magazine's Volume 11: The Divine states, "VOLUME 11: THE DIVINE

THE NOTION OF THE DIVINE HAS OFTEN BEEN RENDERED AS SOMETHING ETHEREAL, OTHERWORLDLY, EMANATING FROM OR CONTROLLED BY A DEITY. MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN WOMEN WRITERS LIKE CHRISTINE DE PISAN AND HILDEGARDE VON BINGEN, FOR INSTANCE, GAINED INTELLECTUAL AUTHORITY BY TRANSCRIBING THEIR DIVINE “VISIONS,” MANY OF WHICH READ LIKE FEVER DREAMS TO A CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCE, YET, IN MANY WAYS, REMAIN STRIKINGLY TIMELESS IN THEIR SOCIAL CRITIQUE. MOREOVER, SUCH VISIONS ARE FREQUENTLY ENTANGLED WITH THE BODY, UTILIZING THE SPEAKER’S FORM TO ENGAGE WITH DIVINE KNOWLEDGE, AS VON BINGEN DESCRIBES, “A HUMAN BEING CONTAINS WITHIN HIM OR HER BOTH THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND THE ACTIVITY OF GOD.” HOW MIGHT WE CONSIDER A CONCEPT OF THE DIVINE AS NOT MERELY THE SPECTRAL PRODUCT OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF, BUT RATHER AS PART OF A MORE TANGIBLE, EMBODIED, AND HUMAN PROJECT? TO WHAT EXTENT CAN THE DIVINE BE ACCESSED THROUGH A WORLDLY OR SECULAR SPHERE?"