KN Magazine: Poetry

Olivia Pierce Graham Shane McKnight Olivia Pierce Graham Shane McKnight

Rapeseed

In Rapeseed, Olivia Pierce Graham reflects on memory, voice, and self-interrogation through lyrical precision and haunting restraint. The poem’s quiet intensity explores how identity and sincerity shift across time—what remains, what disappears, and what still speaks back from the page.

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Frank William Finney Shane McKnight Frank William Finney Shane McKnight

Lavations

In Lavations, poet Frank William Finney distills time, memory, and decay into a single image: the act of washing away what cannot be cleansed. A brief yet haunting meditation on age, impermanence, and the quiet persistence of the past.

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Al Baron Shane McKnight Al Baron Shane McKnight

THE PASS

In The Pass, poet Al Baron crafts a stark and atmospheric meditation on motion, mystery, and evasion. With minimal language and cinematic imagery, the poem captures the emotional residue of escape—what we flee, what we ignore, and what waits just around the bend.

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