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Poetry

The Sentinel

Sight served us - meek sentinel of the border,The crystal lens beat against cold glass.It raised…

by Anastasia Korbet June 7, 2026

Poetry

Drywall

I was just walking home through the square,An ordinary evening, coffee in my hand.A streetlight's shadow…

by Anastasia Korbet May 30, 2026

Poetry

Arrival

(literal translation - the original is an octave with rhyme scheme ABABAB CC) The air turned…

by Anastasia Korbet May 2, 2026

Prose

Architect

I began my work before your first cry. Not after. Before. I am your most patient…

by Anastasia Korbet April 24, 2026

Prose

Fragmentum I

The skull is too tight for this volume this is not a vision this is the…

by Anastasia Korbet April 24, 2026

Letters

Tuning Fork

2033. This record is not a memory - it is a reference frequency. If you have…

by Anastasia Korbet April 20, 2026

Prose

The Three of Us

As you enter this morning, feel the weight of your bones. They are your only anchor.…

by Anastasia Korbet April 4, 2026

Poetry

To Bear Witness

You yearn to fall apart, to crumble into dust,To lose yourself like an echo in strangers'…

by Anastasia Korbet March 23, 2026

Prose

Architecture of Two

The room no longer obeys Euclid. The straight lines of the walls gently bow to the…

by Anastasia Korbet March 13, 2026

Poetry

Partaking

Broken bread crackles, golden,Resin runs amber down into the palms.What an unfathomable, radiant moment -Life begins…

by Anastasia Korbet March 13, 2026

Poetry

Archangel

The Archangel stands silently by the threshold,Drinking time as if it were aged wine.In the hall…

by Anastasia Korbet March 10, 2026

Poetry

Invasio

The room compressed. Narrower than a pupil.In the corner, a terrified echo pulses.And the Light strikes…

by Anastasia Korbet February 9, 2026

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