KN Magazine: Poetry

Claudia Wysocky Shane McKnight Claudia Wysocky Shane McKnight

Paper Birds

In Paper Birds, Claudia Wysocky delivers a powerful meditation on freedom, fragility, and the pursuit of dreams. Soaring with rich imagery and emotional depth, the poem explores what it means to chase transcendence in a world bound by gravity, time, and impermanence.

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Cary B. Ziter Shane McKnight Cary B. Ziter Shane McKnight

TRAUMA: SEE MEDICAL FOOTNOTE

A ruptured relationship leaves behind more than emotional bruises in TRAUMA: SEE MEDICAL FOOTNOTE. Cary B. Ziter’s visceral poem fuses medical metaphor and emotional wreckage in a raw, surreal meditation on heartbreak, memory, and the lingering heat of a love turned catastrophic.

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Erica Willis Shane McKnight Erica Willis Shane McKnight

MONTEREY

In “Monterey,” poet Erica Willis reflects on time, memory, and identity while sitting at the edge of the sea. This meditative poem explores the fleeting nature of self, the haunting beauty of the ocean, and the quiet ache of change.

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