Oct 2019
That’s the strange part:
in the act of transformation
no desires can be taken
from old state to new state.
Either we abandon
even the impulse to exit to the shell
or we ourselves will never leave it.
in the act of transformation
no desires can be taken
from old state to new state.
Either we abandon
even the impulse to exit to the shell
or we ourselves will never leave it.
B.T. Joy is a British poet and short fiction writer living in Glasgow. He has also lived in London, Aberdeen and Heilongjiang, Northern China. His poetry and short fiction has appeared in magazines, journals, anthologies and podcasts worldwide including poetry in Yuan Yang, The Meadow, Toasted Cheese, Numinous: Spiritual Poetry, Presence, Paper Wasp, Bottle Rockets, Mu, Frogpond and The Newtowner, among many others. His debut collection of poetry, Teaching Neruda, was released in 2015 by Popcorn Press and his 2016 collection Body of Poetry is also available through Amazon. He can be reached through his website: http://btj0005uk.wix.com/btjoypoet
