The Hemlock Journal

Year: 2024

  • ‘Blaue Blüme’ by GTimothy Gordon

    bluebudblueashbluesprucebluestemblueleafbluerosebluegrassbluefieldbluemesabluespringblueskybluebirdbluejayblueoceanbluewhalebluefinbluecapbluetailbluewavebluenilebluelightbluenightbluemoonbluemoviebluenosebluelawbluestockingbluenunbluejeanbluedreamblueballbluebeardbluebloodbluedevilbluegracebluegrouseblueheelerbluebellblueberrybluesuedebluestreakblueprintbluepencilbluelinebluebottleblueragoutbluetonguebluefaceblueeyebluehairbluetoothblueiceblueblockblueribbonbluecornbluechipbluebonnetbluestewblueflyblueblackbluedarterblueyonderblueflublueheartbluesuitbluecollarbluelaceblueveinblueboyblueflamebluefunkbluemoodblueyoubluemountainbluestonebluetbluehorizonbluebeyondbluestillness blueairbluedreamblueflamebluespringblueleafbluebud Author Bio: Gordon’s DREAM WIND was published in 2020 (Spirit-of-the Ram), GROUND OF THIS BLUE EARTH (Mellen), while EVERYTHING SPEAKING CHINESE received the RIVERSTONE P Poetry Prize (AZ). His work appears in AGNI, American Literary…

  • ‘Archipelago’ (in Varying Light) by John Muro

    Lovely oh,tell me Havannabe heavenon holidayI wake tonot some poorpastel paradiseof infinite weariness,accursed with grief;oh lord,I praise the sun’sslow burn andmuddied earth,the rose-pinkair tinged withcitrus and cedar;and can you hearthe…

  • ‘Baby Bunting*’ by Gerard Sarnat

    (with trigger warnings for racial slur + carnage) long goneas are waterelectricity& anesthesia,only Gaza hospital left–abovetunnels kikehostageskept nearby warmed eachpremie(all incubatorskaput) inaluminum foil ‘til foiled it ranout sonow they arestackedon…

  • BOOK REVIEW of Caroline Helenasdotter’s ‘Whispers of the Nordic Draugr’

    ‘Whispers of a Nordic Draugr’ by Caroline Helenasdotter is erotic romantic thriller inspired from Nordic Mythology. The author has fantastically interwoven a fantasy world of Nordic mytho creatures existing in…

  • Poems by Eman Mansoor

    ‘PALETTE OF SENTIMENTS’ I painted you blue,I painted you white,I thought you would be like the ocean,Delicate and passionate,I painted you purple,I painted you red,I thought you would become like…

  • The Hemlock Contest : Anti-War Fiction

    The Hemlock Journal announces its first-ever Writing Contest. The Theme of the contest will be Anti-War Fiction. Why did we choose this theme? We think it is the call of…

  • ‘January Through’ by Daniel Lockeridge

    Past who plays like December in dreamhas the gall to ask January to wait for him,with voice that is a footprint in snow-time. There are no more footprints next to…

  • BOOK REVIEW of Author Prashant’s ‘The Jehlum Boys’

    Let’s beat that summer reading slump! Read Prashant Pandita’s heart-wrenching debut novel “The Jehlum Boys”. A book that lays bare the haunting past of Kashmir Valley. Summary – The author…

  • ‘The Hemlock Anthology: Volume One’ is arriving soon

    It’s been over six months we announced the first ever The Hemlock Anthology. But we are glad to tell you that the wait is just about to over. It’s on…

  • ‘Somedays Barbie’ by Rikki Santer

    You favored tender leaves and petals in your summer borshtand tried to sip strawberry milk through a paper strawof swirling pink stripes that tickled your perfectly sealed lips.And sometimes when…