Compulsive Swim
Our city is an ocean. Every night one of our neighbors drowns in a crack on the sidewalk. Every night we call it hope to climb our way to the moon--just to panic when we can’t find an airplane or meteor to catch a ride home on. We spend days treading water with someone we love, hoping that a wave doesn’t rise and block our view of the sun. These 30+ illustrated poems exemplify that floating feeling of being between sobriety, society, and stillness.
Bio
Austin Davis is a poet and activist from Phoenix, AZ, who lives with OCD. He is the author of the chapbook "Lotus & The Apocalypse" and the founder of AZ Hugs For the Houseless. He is an ASU alum, having earned a BA in English in 2022.
Praise for this book
Like a Gen-Z John Donne…
Angele Ellis Cultural Daily
Davis holds in his hands an understanding for the diversity of emotion like it’s the fragile globe of a dandelion ready for wishes.
Caitie Young The Poetry Question
