What is a psychopomp? (Not to be confused with a pompous psych.) And what’s the connection between psychopomps, birds and language?

You can find the answer to that question and many others in the online creative arts journal Unlikely, an experimental transdisciplinary publication which “aims to open unexpected spaces for artistic exchange and scholarly conversations across mediums, disciplines and continents.”

The latest issue of Unlikely (#8), edited by Madeleine Kelly and Jen Valender, is on the theme of “Birds and Language.” It contains a fascinating range of international contributions including multimedia texts, creative non-fiction, scholarly articles, and more.

My own piece, “Words of Birds as Psychopomps,” is an essay that begins with aspects of mythology and goes on to link them with a couple of my poems. You can read it here.