Stump Psalm
- Stump Psalm
Twining loose hours. The timbrein rhythmic liturgy, widenedtime in verses, dread swept inscorecards and statistics. Lateseasons, stale matches when westep away, our feet have leftthe field, where are our whites,our places in the order? Tell mewhy do I feel so dismissed? [End Page 422]
Ben Walter
Ben Walter is the fiction editor at Island Magazine. His poetry, essays, and experimental short stories have been widely published in Australian journals, including Meanjin, Griffith Review, Southerly, and Overland. His debut novel manuscript won the people's choice component of the 2017 Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes, and his latest book is Conglomerate, published as part of the Lost Rocks series. This is his first poem to appear in Antipodes.
