Issue 08

Featuring the work of over 35+ writers and artists, reigning from Portland and beyond, this publication contains a variety of poems, short fiction, photography and more.

Jessica E. Pierce, author of "Consider the Body, Winged" writes, "I love the immersive world Pile Press curates, with visual art and writing in conversation with each other."

Shilo Niziolek’s poem "Elegy for Worms" reads, “Each winter someone dies, someone will die. I die and die again. To die is the only way to become sediment, fertilizer, to be riverbed, glacial, cloud formation. Observe my scars, each one a pine needle quill, a stitch in the fabric”

Lauren Paredes’ erasure poems work with technical manuscripts to blend art and poetic verse in three original and beautiful pieces. The erasures: Solutions No. 1, Solutions No. 2 and Solutions No. 3, take readers on a journey through color, shape and form while observing movements, remedies and solutions to the construction of soul.