Cover image: Emerald City Ghosts, Issue #5, December 2025 Poetry 2:43 Recursion, insomnia, and the kind of haunting you can't outrun—a lyric piece born from waking at the exact same moment, night after night. By Dean Bowman • 2 min read
Poetry Alice Askew An usual prose poem about displaced furniture, streaming rabbit holes, and a missing cat. By Dean Bowman • 2 min read
Poetry Arising A morning routine becomes an exploration of modern alienation. When life becomes unlivable, sometimes the only authentic response is to watch it all burn in rebellion. By Dean Bowman • 2 min read
Poetry Dream Garden of Unknown Skye A surreal journey through collapsing galaxies and sentient flowers—this cosmic poem blurs wonder and dread. By Dean Bowman • 3 min read
Poetry Acoustic Afterlife A poem exploring how grief inhabits familiar spaces, where domestic moments become spectral and memory tugs at the real. By Dean Bowman • 3 min read
Poetry Still of the Night A meditative poem on the fleeting nature of inspiration and the silent rituals of writing in the still of night. By Dean Bowman • 3 min read
Poetry Come Undone A brief, sensual poem capturing the physical and emotional response to intimacy. By Dean Bowman • 2 min read
Poetry Galaxy of Broken Dreams A reflection on the shift from trying to fix the world to recognizing that the fracture lies within our own perception. By Dean Bowman • 2 min read
Poetry No. 32: Untitled / 第三十二首 無題 Bilingual haiku on winter hunger and climate uncertainty. By Dean Bowman • 3 min read
Poetry No. 31: Untitled / 第三十一首 無題 Bilingual haiku on street poverty and inequality. By Dean Bowman • 3 min read
日本語 No. 30: Untitled / 第三十首 無題 Haiku In Japanese and English capturing overwhelming crowds. By Dean Bowman • 3 min read
