flesh of
fruit
soft but
un ripe
shan’t be
split
by long
teeth
best off
in terred
at the
bot tom
of the
sea
wrecked and
ob so lete
stained with
bun gles
and flesh
wounds

Stephen Ground graduated from York University’s Theatre and Community Arts programs, then moved to a remote, fly-in community in Saskatchewan’s far north.
He’s since returned south, and co-founded Pearson House Films.

His work was featured recently in, or is forthcoming from (inparenth), Orca, Panoplyzine, Bending Genres, and Thin Air Magazine. Find more at stephenground.com, or his tweets @sualtmo.