Three poems

from walls of ether roof of rains

forage

among austerities

any odd
residue
of green

somehow mistook
signs of ascension   

for sensitivity to
radiation or

vice versa

mysdom

spirit goes ablur

is a greater source
of concern is a

  little sore

momentary joy

glitch
from above

the mystic’s mis-
understood wisdom

flow incessant
unties knots a fair

amount of faith
is needed

Gottspot

spine throbs
from blessings shot

down from the bell
tower this Cloude

of Unknowing
we rely upon

to savour a glimpse
of hope

greed-fed

& its metallic
aftertaste

went off grid

volubile
overseas

coagulate
a( )broad

smile

blessure buccale

from too much trying
to please from the

maculate
perspective

blood spitting in the gutter

conscious
grief

mon corps s’évade

how often does it

rain
in your dreams

Marie-Pascale Hardy is an artist whose practice extends across poetry, performance, vocal and visual art. She has lived in Quebec, London, and Berlin, before taking refuge in the South of France, where she writes and rests, cradled by the mountains. Her words have appeared in Poetry London, Hotel, Emergency Index (Ugly Duckling Presse), Life Lines, SAND, FU Review, Burning House, Pamenar Press and stadtsprachen. She is the vocalist and lyricist of the duo Paco Sala. See mphardy.com for more information.