lauds

lauds

lauds

Andrew Maxwell

i. spoken

℣ as breaking day breaking
our throat into

nothing

becoming our throat
breathing yet into

nothing

we pray that
we pray.

ii. unspoken

names only
as broken as broken
stones

open our naked
throat only

names names
broken
open.


Andrew Maxwell
Poet & Student

Andrew studies medieval English literature at Harvard University with particular interests in contemplative writing and apophatic theology. His poems have recently appeared in LETTERS.”

Photography by Jon Anders Dalan