by Anthoula Lelekidis
house
flatten the walls, all twelve of them
pluck the roof
like a bit of a hat, throw that
to the wilder winds
scatter: cushions, comfort, safety
the lot, cast yourself
on these gales’ dances’ rhythms’ mercies
see the greening growth
hugging your toes already, overcoming
memories, framed and un-
rain-rotting the MYTHS you built there
then construct it, again, from scratch
kinder walls, treasuring
and treasured by naked flesh
remembering
remembering
Angela Arnold is a writer, poet, artist, a creative gardener and an environmental campaigner. Her poems have appeared widely in print magazines, anthologies and online, both in the UK and elsewhere. Her collection, In Between: ‘inner landscapes’ and relationships, was published by Stairwell Books in 2023. She lives in Wales. Twitter/X @AngelaArnold777; angelaarnold777.bsky.social
Anthoula Lelekidis is a first-generation Greek-American lens-based artist who utilizes photography, printmaking, and image transfer in her practice. Her work navigates themes of personal memory, migration, and identity. With a deep interest in the archive, Lelekidis manipulates found family photographs to delve into the complexities of her ancestry, reimagining the blank spaces and uncovering lost connections to her past. Lelekidis holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Parsons School of Design and was awarded a Community Fellowship from the International Center of Photography. She was an artist-in-residence at the Skopelos Foundation of the Arts in Greece and earned a scholarship from the Students On Ice Organization to travel to photograph Antarctica. More recently, she was the recipient of the Manhattan Graphics Center’s printmaking scholarship in 2022 and NYFA’s Queens Art Fund: New Work Grant in 2023. She is a faculty member at the International Center of Photography and is based in Queens, New York.
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