Windward Review Vol 21 (2023): Myths and Hauntings
"Myths and Hauntings" brings attention to the intimate connection between mythology, story, haunting and human history(s). With contributions from around the US and beyond, Myths and Hauntings is a collection made to empower creators beyond spaces and cultural prescriptions of beliefs. The pieces in the volume expand, negate, shock, and bring warmth to a stark world of narrative history(s). As a modern creative publication, we are pleased to showcase creators that have put their whole selves into their work. What emerges is an embodiment of cultural myths, hauntings, and more, 2023.
"Myths and Hauntings" brings attention to the intimate connection between mythology, story, haunting and human history(s). With contributions from around the US and beyond, Myths and Hauntings is a collection made to empower creators beyond spaces and cultural prescriptions of beliefs. The pieces in the volume expand, negate, shock, and bring warmth to a stark world of narrative history(s). As a modern creative publication, we are pleased to showcase creators that have put their whole selves into their work. What emerges is an embodiment of cultural myths, hauntings, and more, 2023.
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Elijah X.A. Esquivel<br />
The<br />
Spines<br />
of<br />
Names<br />
eerie whispers resigned beneath creaks,<br />
floorboards, concrete pillars, & volumes<br />
of despondent history books; printed graves reeves<br />
through rings encircling spines wind together stories:<br />
an education in how to erase yourself.<br />
photographs promised to be housed, kept like memories reserved<br />
within framed borders in family vaults: legacy homes no longer st<strong>and</strong>ing,<br />
a treasury of memories unsigned, undelivered, <strong>and</strong> not yours…<br />
heirloom headdress of the Sunrise, Sunset People warbonnet flake off<br />
like bluebonnet petals curling away by fealtered Fall weathering, fated<br />
crumblings<br />
betray the blood-soaked feathers<br />
that pierced Texan settlers. red plumes stick out<br />
like flowers blooming atop a barrel cactus; flesh ruptured<br />
from the punctured hearts. Ownerless l<strong>and</strong>,<br />
stabbed <strong>and</strong> signed into Red, White, <strong>and</strong> Blue Lone Star dreams<br />
by cowboys <strong>and</strong> conquistadors, manifest Destiny:<br />
the spine of a name risen on a pike, emblazoned on a Flag—<br />
Texas was meant to be friendly to Indingenous forerunners.<br />
burnt sienna Turkey feathers, golden-pleated Eagle crest the peddlers<br />
of Freedom; give Thanks to holidays that bleached white to the bone,<br />
dissettled<br />
tribes slaughtered in the name of a Pilgrim’s Progress. encant the<br />
murder-legacy<br />
of your religious damnation: “What God says is best,<br />
is best, though<br />
all the men in the world are against it,”.<br />
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