Author Archives: Luke Nelson

HOTWAX.

A Photographical Series and a Poem by Luke Nelson Hotwax is the stream of faces outside a train window. Hotwax is the way in which they melt into one another. Hotwax is the knowledge that they are all moments in time, Entire lives just like yours, And just as minuscule all the same. Hotwax areContinue reading “HOTWAX.”

A Face in the Wind

A Poem and a Photographical Series by Luke Nelson 3/3/2022 A man walks out of the forest and into the town. He is plain, unremarkable, A face like any other. But as he walks through this town, People stop in their tracks. They begin quaking, Screaming,  Crying, Laughing, Smiling. They are frozen, Overwhelmed by aContinue reading “A Face in the Wind”

Melrose

A Creative Nonfiction Piece by Luke Nelson You should be grateful.  You should feel blessed.  Look how beautiful this place is:  Wide open skies,  Finely trimmed hedges,  Pretty little houses.  Look at how good you have it. See this utopia of American dreams? Feel the lull and the sigh?  You are perfect in the beauty.Continue reading “Melrose”