Water Stain

10
Oct

Water Stain was the product of an accident, per se. I went to the beach here in Vancouver and forgot I had left my notebook on the towel, so I just lay there for a bit. When I woke up, the words were stained, so I just made this collage to suggest how one is always surrounded by the ocean’s leftovers, even if unaware.

Published in Belladona’s Garden, Issue 5, Fall 2026.

Désirée Jung

My name is Désirée Jung and my intention here is to immerse into words. Writing my biography is a bit like witnessing the spectrum of my own gaze – an impossible task, due to its volatile and vulnerable contingency. For that reason, I let the poems speak for myself. I can add that I’m a Brazilian-Canadian artist, lover of beauty and everything (but not-all) that comes from a feminine space.