A GEOLOGY BY SUSAN ELBE

A GEOLOGY BY SUSAN ELBE

Art: “Amor” by Amparo Noguera A GEOLOGY based on First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,                                                 the first collected edition of 36 Shakespeare plays.   Open under glass to Hamlet’s soliloquy, the...
STRAITS OF BIRTHDAYS by Judith Cody

STRAITS OF BIRTHDAYS by Judith Cody

Art: “Ton hombre reste en moi” (“Shadow remains in me”) by Cyril Larvor aka Blackbird STRAITS OF BIRTHDAYS Given an unknown reservoir of time, measuring mist both fore and aft I dawdle rather than choosing to arrange one more pattern of shells...
Rag-dolls: Haibun by Paresh Tiwari

Rag-dolls: Haibun by Paresh Tiwari

Art: “Exodus, Untitled Transparency SN1” by Olivier Fonteau RAG-DOLLS All day long, we sit on the crumbling wall of the cemetery. Our feet, clad in mud-crusted Mary Janes, dangle inches above the wild grass.   There is silence . . . a blanket of...
A Hundred Years in the Basement by Gary Galsworth

A Hundred Years in the Basement by Gary Galsworth

Art: Linda Chapman A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE BASEMENT   The lights don’t reach the far corners of this basement. And a puddle has formed near the back stairs. Through the window well you hear rain dripping off the roof.   Me. I’m knee-deep in the litter and...
Inji Tea by Gary Galsworth

Inji Tea by Gary Galsworth

Art: Izik Levy INJI TEA   Washing tea bowls random drops brighten a worn floor   About the author: Gary Galsworth is from the New York City area. After the Marine Corps, he studied visual arts in Chicago and New York City. He became a professional plumber...