The Work
Vol. I
These pages are more revelation than performance. Each line is a letting, a summons, a trace of carnal devotion to press you into the wall — a kiss meant to last till later, till a breath between bodies. Language, for Holmes, is a communion rite; taken, tasted, and returned in some new kind of salvation. What exists here is the shared tongue of longing — the liturgy of those who wish forward.
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Vol. II
A tribute to the humanity of lust and the distance fear creates when desire seems unreasonable; all the sordid gaps between love, loss, and the catalysts for passion. Wheat fields burning in hungry eyes.
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The Poet
What exists here is the shared tongue of longing — the liturgy of those who wish forward.
Nick Holmes is a Los Angeles-based poet, photographer, and writer. His poetry collections — Time Spent Falling and Downpour — explore desire, devotion, grief, and the sacred seeking. A third collection is in progress.
Nick's photography work can be previewed at nickholmesonline.com.