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A Journal of Nature and Place-based Writing Published by the Chatham University MFA Program
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Flight

November 13, 2025

by Tyler Dunston

 

What it must be like
the horrifying tumult

then weightlessness
clouds

like O’Keeffe’s oblongs
conveyering

in an endless loop
through heaven’s

dilapidated awnings
grief supplanted

by a continuous roar
holding your hand

 

Tyler Dunston is a writer, visual artist, and PhD candidate in English literature at the University of Michigan. He holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA in poetry from Boston University. His work can be found in Hawaiʻi Pacific Review, Narrative, Nimrod, Raleigh Review, and elsewhere.

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