Estuary

nervetowrite
Mar 14
1 min read

Updated: Mar 21

by Jessamyn Smyth

A black and white photograph of a tall, snow-capped mountain reflected in a fjord’s estuary is inverted so the mountain is upsidedown; an x-ray is digitally layered and integrated into the image, showing the artist’s arched spine and the screws, plates, spacers, and cages holding it together. The word FLEXION appears in all caps, floating in the sky. — *Digital hybrid: X-ray and photograph, digitally hand-painted*

A smiling white woman with brown hair and eyes sits on a garden bench looking at the camera. She is wearing a green tunic, a brown faux-leather jacket, and tall boots. She holds her book The Inugami Mochi in her hands. Photograph by Rebecca Aldous of the Squamish Chief newspaper.

Jessamyn Smyth's poetry and prose have appeared in many journals and anthologies, and her books The Inugami Mochi (2016) and Gilgamesh/Wilderness (2021) are from Saddle Road Press. Skaha, Kitsune, and Koan Garden are available on her website: jessamynsmyth.net. Jessamyn was founding Editor in Chief of Tupelo Quarterly, and Founder/Director of Quest Writer's Conference. She has a deep interest in representations of disability and embodiment, and her mixed media visual art has become a life-thread.