IN OUT IN OUT IN IN IN
An acacia sings itself a blanket and a pomegranate
grafted to make a river of red flowers
flashing fire to and from
our one deeper heart saying it again
with a consistently irregular rhythm.
Our one deeper heart aching like this:
in out in out in in in out in. Ability to mimic
the craft of personality;
look good snakeheads
in out in out in in in in in
in in in in in can’t get out.
Smuggling illegal aliens. For an occasion:
making a pearl by getting rid of something small
and unwanted still there inward
as our heart’s long song.
About the author:
Thomas Osatchoff is doing field-work for his debut collection of poetry. Recent poems of his can be found in Cleaver Magazine, Harpur Palate, Obra/Artifact, Word For/Word, and elsewhere. Thomas has resided in many places throughout the world where he has had opportunities to develop his perspective.
Art: from SURREALUSIONS Series by Nikolas Karathanasis
In the artist's words:
I am Nikolas Karathanasis, living in Athens, Greece. My introduction to photography began several years ago. I associate my work with black and white film through experiment and research; the smell of chemicals, the joy & excitement of composition. Within the past years, I work with digital photography. I have participated in several exhibitions in Greece and abroad.
Facts, pictures of everyday life, ideas, people and their passions, whatever moves in the space of exaggeration. All this is inspirational to me. Photography, as I see it, means communication with the world and this is my motivation. I use many photographic techniques and skills to frame daily scenes and to manipulate the light so to build a bridge of communication with people, in a subtle way. This becomes a vessel for sharing ideas, thoughts and feelings. In so, we are extracted from loneliness, and create a humane environment. New perspectives for the mind to walk on, think, wonder.
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