Love is like honey
Love is like honey
It is made to nourish
It cannot be owned or bartered
It just is
And it exists to bring fullness to life
It is rich
And thick
And clings to everything it touches
It is meant to stay
It is meant to become part of everything it comes in contact with
Love is the glue
The food
And the decadent treat
That this life offers
If there is a heaven
It smells, tastes, and feels
Like honey
Little known loves
Sometimes you wake up
and your mind is a blank
and your eyes are still blurry
and the air smells nice
the bed feels warm
the pillow is soft
your body is relaxed
you feel weightless and cocooned at once
this is happiness, my dear
this is what love is
this is our goal in life
to feel this contentment
it cannot be manufactured
or orchestrated
it is simple
and when it comes
each time it comes
savour it gently
because the mind is not it’s home
the heart is
Fold me up
fold me up
like an origami bird
into your pocket
and carry me to a quiet place
where nothing will hurt my heart
…
including me
The bubble
I’ve got a bubble in my pocket
It’s just big enough to hold a moment
The sound of your laughter
Or the curve of your smile
Even a message in a bottle like this
From me.
The bubble is delicate
And ready to burst at all times
Sometimes I hold my breath thinking about it
Sometimes I dream it has already popped
Coming undone while I slept.
And yet it is all I have
That can contain even a tiny part of you
So it is all the more precious
For being so frail
Celia Ste Croix has been writing poetry since she was about eight years old, but she is more likely to say ‘since before I could spell, though the spelling hasn’t improved much.’ No matter what else she has done, as a job or for fun, poetry has always been present in the background. She has been published in Lichen Literary Journal, Wynterblue Thunder, Arcady Literary Magazine and won honourable mention in the Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem. This is her first published book.
Originally from Montreal Quebec, Kreddible Trout is a self taught, award winning photographic artist currently based in Toronto, Ontario. He’s bumped, in pinballish fashion, all over Canada and some of the U.S. From Dartmouth NS to Haida Gwaii to San Diego CA to Elbow SK, his vagabonding has allowed him to photograph many nooks, crannies and other questionable bits.
When asked ‘what kind of photography he does’, KT usually hums & haws and settles on ‘observational satire influenced by too much rock & roll’.
Kreddible Trout also goes by the more pedestrian name ‘William Foley’ who is often found hollering Shakespearean text at people.
Their book can be found (and purchased!) on Blurb