by JL Jacobs | Jan 25, 2024 | Art, Poetry
Art by Peter Bethanis Head Growth My head popped off as I brushed my teeth. “You brush too hard. I’m rolling away to find agentler owner,” my head barked up from my bathroom floor. After I walked into three street poles, I stumbled bloody into work where...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 17, 2024 | Art, Poetry
Tangent II by Catherine Eaton Skinner STEREO TIMELINE There will never be anythinglike that new stereo.Well, maybe a first child.No, not even that. It arrived when I wasin the fourth grade,a turntable, amplifier,two speakers. We only ownedtwo...
by JL Jacobs | Dec 27, 2023 | Art, Art Feature
Ralph Maratta The Fortress Walls Whispered Back A battle for souls and the molecules of more Across the fields, armies of skeletons slayed Beneath the...
by JL Jacobs | Dec 13, 2023 | Art, Poetry
Tree Out the Window by Christopher Woods A Salsa in Spring A dark road bendsand weaves insidean avenue canopied.Dead branches hangparodies of green.Leaves and barksquelch underfootabove a mat of slick wet tar. Snowflakes latticethe red brick...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 23, 2023 | Art, Poetry
Art by Cyril Larvor Sister Okay, I whisper, baby Sister,don’t open your eyes.Keep dreaming,snug the drawstrings tight.Throats and binding,uppers and quarters lining,dream. This is your time. Lights bowed to your presence,audience aghast.Stumble across the...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 2, 2023 | Art, Prose
Rain Drawing by Akinori Towma Trash Mountain It’s funny how some people drag you down. You’ll be climbing up a mountain of trash. Is it pristine at the very top… really beautiful air? No. There’s just less garbage there. It’ll get harder and harder. Each foot...
