Literary NFT Collection 1.0: “Smoke”

Atticus NFT: 1.0
Title: Smoke
Collections: Green, Blue, B+W, Pink, Violet
Notes: “Smoke” originally appeared in Atticus Review in December, 2023. The PDF booklet includes two pieces of original woodblock art by Atticus Review editor Boo Trundle.
About the Work: sparse, unpretentious, tightly tethered to image as well as the emotions underneath
The Author: Melody Wilson
Broader Strokes: Habent sua fata libelli. (Little books have their own destiny.)

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is a survivor. It rises in question marks
as the bonfire dwindles like a love

that can’t quite remember how
it got here. It spoils your good coat

after the Irish bar, shimmies up walls,
across ceilings, settles over the beds

to choke the children. Better not sleep—
keep watching. It builds a gray

umbrella over the industrial park
in the distance, rushes whole villages

from their homes, rises in fat columns
then out into whorls whether scouts

roast marshmallows or scientists rub
atoms together. All this, and what I

think of first is how it wobbled
toward my finger in delicate rings

after leaving my father’s lips.

Poem: Melody Wilson
Woodblock Art: Boo Trundle

Smoke was originally published by Atticus Review on December 15th, 2023.