Hello beautiful reader! As we move towards the colder months, I have been returning to our Winter 2025 issue, PRISM 63.1 SPELLS (sold-out). This was a very special issue for me, as the first issue I worked on as Poetry Editor. This poem, “Where you are not permitted to spread you must ascend” by Clare Bayard, is one of the most powerful pieces I’ve come across during my time at PRISM. It is a poem of witness: it speaks to a reality often erased. I hope it hits you as hard as it hit me.
