Emily Montgomery

We must feature the arresting, lovely piece "Something Beautiful" by Emily Montgomery in Rattle, issue 43, Spring 2014. It has an indelible feeling and image of the far East, of the tropics and the ancient beauty of Asia. It really reminds me of Tagore, the famous Bengali poet.

Here's an excerpt, this is a great part:

I wanted to save something beautiful for you.

The last three jewels of glistening pomegranate

balanced in the palm of my hand before I ate them.

The morning birdsong in [...]