Euri Glenn
Once I read
of a path of
red. A woman,
she danced on fire’s edge
and with glee
she believed
her delicate feet were
like a ballerina
frolicking –
still stumbling but free.
Forgetting the never-ending
beat of her music,
she sang.
Once I read
of a path of
red.
A woman danced
on the sharpened edge
of blackened land.
The path of red reached
it’s peak, it’s dead-end
when the beat finally
ceased.
And that’s how
it goes. An ode
to the old throne of bone
atop the peak
that can only be reached
by a woman’s heartbeat
sown.
Author: Euri Glenn is a Jambreen/Tamborine Mountain based writer, and a third-year Creative Writing student at QUT who is currently working on a novel based in a post-apocalyptic Gold Coast Hinterland. In every story, she seeks to inspire change for the better of the world and the creatures who dwell within it. You can find more of her work in ScratchThat’s 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Issues, QUT Glass’ 14th Issue, and @euri.chelsea.glenn on Instagram.
Artist: Cyndra Galea (she/they) is in the third year of her Bachelor of Fine Art’s in Creative Writing with a minor in Professional Communications. When not found with her head in a book or three, Cyndra can be found radioactive antique hunting, fixing classic cars with her dad, drawing on her iPad, or writing and editing her manuscript. Cyndra aims to work as a structural editor when she finishes her Masters of Editing and Publishing, but also dreams of releasing novels of their own.
Editors: Bea Warren and Rory Hawkins