Written by Sailor Rose
The Setting for the Fairytale
once upon a crescent sun
the sky broke a yolk
yellow cast from below
meridian reached
and tilted forth
to bathe late wakers
in its glow
the Sun dipped pink
as hands blushed with holding
left warm with longing
labored for love of land
the earth turned shy
colours of corners and cracks
Sun’s kiss had left
earth to suffer
a world sucked sour
and unblessed
the ground beneath
of mirrored blades blue
blessed by Moon’s
shy kiss
thinking of
Sun’s devoted
Moon’s inspiration
the sky bruised itself
to wait for day
to return the soils their lover –
Sun.
Author Bio:
Sailor Rose (she/her) is an emerging Australian author who is currently completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Queensland University of Technology. She adores reading fantasy and queer romance novels and loves to write both creative non-fiction and fiction pieces. Her short story ‘Triple Infatuation’ was published by Glass Magazine and won their Winter Edition Writing Prize. Her travel memoir ‘The Editorial Expectations of the Modern Traveller’ and her poem ‘Signet’ were published on ScratchThat Magazine’s website and her short fiction piece ‘My Cousins Grew Up in the Trees’ was published in their ‘Timestamp’ print issue. Sailor was a member of ScratchThat’s 2026 editorial board in semester one and is currently Head of Art. In her writing, she intends to create beautiful worlds for people to become immersed in, filled with characters that occupy both the hearts and minds of her readers. As long as she has a cup of tea, she’s ready to write.