Eve Chancellor – Callisto
i fell in love with a maiden my other
in form the mirror image of myself
to know her was to know my own
desire the pleasures of our flesh
we accept no menfolk here no hero
can dismount on these chaste shores
for there is war and there is beauty
there is sacrifice and there is art
women make the fiercest warriors
the tenderest lovers sing O muse
when she drew her bow she struck
my softest part my dove-white skin
this breast this neck these hands
are yours are yours are yours
Eve Chancellor is an English Teacher in Manchester. Her poetry has been published online and in multiple literary magazines, including: Dream Catcher, Hyacinth Review, Ink, Sweat and Tears and Seaside Gothic. Her short stories are published by East of the Web, Reflex Press and The Ghastling.
Artwork: Flood the firmament by Melissa Nunez
Melissa Nunez lives and creates in the caffeinated spaces between awake and dreaming. She makes her home in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas, where she enjoys observing, exploring, and photographing the local wild with her family. She writes an anime column at The Daily Drunk Mag. She is also a staff writer for Alebrijes Review and Yellow Arrow Publishing. You can follow her on Twitter @MelissaKNunez.