lauds

lauds

Andrew Maxwell

i. spoken

℣ as breaking day breaking
our throat into

nothing

becoming our throat
breathing yet into

nothing

℟ we pray that
we pray.

ii. unspoken

℣ names only
as broken as broken
stones

℟ open our naked
throat only

names names
broken
open.

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Andrew Maxwell
Poet & Student

Andrew studies medieval English literature at Harvard University with particular interests in contemplative writing and apophatic theology. His poems have recently appeared in LETTERS.”

Photography by Jon Anders Dalan