Artifex Literary Art Magazine - 2022 - Fruit Salad

The Forest of

Appalachia A forest, a home, a body, a being Infested with things you will never understand It’s a heart, rip it open, feel it pulsing Crush its muscles between your hands If you see something, hear something It was just a dream, you’re fine Don’t repeat what you saw, it wasn’t real Don’t address it, ignore it, you’re crazy, you’re lying The soul of Appalachia, the heart of the woods You don’t know what you’ll find Don’t walk through the tender forests at night You’ll lose your life, or just your mind The body walking to you is not your lover Run as far and as fast as you can Feel its skin, it’s too cold to be theirs Kill it with nothing but your bare hands Marshal Acquaroli, 12 rhymed verse

Hands in Blood

Alua Tazhbayeva, 11 digital art

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Featured Artist – Amanda Yu

Featured Writer – Alyssa Greco

Art – Empty – Reese Lansman

Poetry – Heartbreak – Alyssa Greco

Featured Photographer – Macy Meis

Art – Guiding Light – Nick Harvey

Prose – The Stars Waltz – Kayla Gamm

Photography – Cutting Edge – Macy Meis

Art – Profile Portrait – Alua Tazhbayeva

Art – Skyline – Maia Storer

Art – Growing Pains – Natalie Szkwarek

Prose – Teddy – Aisha Hashmi

Prose – Resurgam – Ethan Flores Rothmund

Art – All Waking – Hailey Donahue

Prose – Entwined – Alyssa Greco

Poetry – Ignite – Gabriela Bravo

Poetry – The Beast That Lurks – Sarah Nikaj

Art – Cries – Amanda Yu

Poetry – Forests of Appalachia – Marshal Acquaroli

Art – Uncontrollable Feelings – Luana Smith

Poetry – Ode to Menstruation – Leah Jimenez

Poetry – Black is Beautiful – Raina Grimes

Prose – Mirrored Self – Sarah Nikaj

Prose – King in a Guilded Cage – Ethan Zeichner