KN Magazine: Poetry

John Grey Shane McKnight John Grey Shane McKnight

THE DIMMER GLOW

A twilight meditation where landscape, memory, and unease converge. “The Dimmer Glow” moves through dusk and darkness, blurring the line between what is seen and what is remembered, as the mind turns inward and finds meaning not in brilliance, but in the quiet pull of fading light.

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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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Clark Hays Shane McKnight Clark Hays Shane McKnight

Wounded, The Morning

In Wounded, The Morning, poet Clark Hays captures the fragile beauty and quiet brutality of dawn in an urban landscape. Through imagery of shattered glass and blooming flowers, Hays contrasts destruction and renewal, revealing how even a city shaped like a broken heart can glow with light, resilience, and rebirth.

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