HUGH T. BROOKS, Photographer

&

S.R. AZAZEL, Author

CANON AE-1 // CANON FD 50mm f/1.8 // Kodak Portra 400 // Woodstock, vermont

The Frost

The frost seeped from the edges of the glass.

Forming a tiny menagerie of paisleys along the window sill.

It allowed me to see the white blanket that covered our backyard.

Granting me an outlet from the dishes that bathed. 

I thought about leaving my kids today,

In the morning when the dog greeted my groggy eyes.

I missed desire, an invasive yearning for yearning

The sun stole it. 

But my daughter broke the marinating concentration

That I had on him. A warming lover I might see again

She asked about my husband. The mule. 

That stepped into frame. Clomping and chugging forward

As an ancient heavy diesel engine. He trudged through the snow

I wish to stay,  for him. Might I focus on him?

I loved him.

Why again did I practice surrender?

HUGH T. BROOKS is a writer, photographer, and multimedia storyteller from the San Francisco Bay Area. A true wanderer, he has spent much of his young life searching for narrative, following artistic calls, and looking for connections throughout the visual, written, and personal world. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University, and his work has been published in Esses Magazine and The Vagabond’s Verse. 

S.R. AZAZEL is a small celebrated poet known for exploring themes of love, pain, heartbreak, and the nuances of human psychology. Amassing a small but just & noble following online. S.R. Azazel’s debut collection, ‘To The One I Labeled As Divinity’, earned positive reviews and acclaim. Praised for its rawness in the dissection of the broken hearted.