Benedict Grant

dying breed

And yet, despite everything that screams otherwise, a belief that goodness will out, that sanity will prevail, that this is all just one giant test for the human spirit. Optimystics they called us, back in the day.

empty chamber
another carnation
tries to take root

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About the Author

Benedict Grant hails from Scotland and currently lives in Nova Scotia, Canada. His poems have appeared in bottle rockets, Kingfisher, and Akitsu Quarterly, amongst other journals. He is the author of two collections of haiku and senryu, spirit level (2022) and winterizing (2024), both published by Red Moon Press.

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