D.A. Cooper

D.A. COOPER {[email protected]} is from Houston, Texas, where he lives with his wife and three children. His poetry has also appeared in Irreantum, Ships of Hagoth, the ARCH-HIVE, and Light. He is the 2023 recipient of the Praiseworthy Award from Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts for his poem “Talking to Dante in the Spirit World.” In his free time, he likes to read, write, and ponder.

Articles

Birding at the Lake

A pod of pelicans patrols the shore
like angels guarding the gates of heaven.

Hunger: Daniel 6

I feel your breath upon my neck—the heat
and dampness of each sigh, the way each pant,
each lungful pulls at me. Your eagerness
echoes throughout the lonely dark. A fear

Layover

The mystery of flight times and of paths
that pierce the sky, scarring the flesh of heaven,
hangs just above and gently seeps into
this temple to the god of taking trips;

Vanished

A city, full up to the brim with light,
stood on a hill. It overlooked a valley
of shadow, death, and longing. Then, one day,
the raging radiance began to spill

Sun Maker

Let there be light, the goddess shouted
when she struck up the match
and pressed its flame onto a patch
of wiggling hydrogen. Flares spouted