by JL Jacobs | Oct 24, 2024 | Art, Art and Painting, Painting, Poetry
A Delicate Balance by Bette Ridgeway The Revenance of Reverence 1It abandons you, leaves you parched and dried-outon the desert floor . . .returns in dribs & drabs,passing epiphanies—the adagio of that mourning doveon your lawn, the...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 16, 2024 | Art, Nature, Photography, Poetry, Poetry and Photography
Blue Lagoon by Christy Mandeville La Jolla Shores Beach Children’s Pool Today, I was completelyneutral trudging through sand,wiggling and wrapping my toesaround sea berries.I walked right up the edgeof the rocks, inhaled, readyto go splat, but...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 9, 2024 | Art, Photography, Poetry, Poetry and Photography
Finding Freedom by Andrea Damic Flowerbeds After Jóhann Jóhannsson’s ‘End of Summer’ The camera makes a mirrored bandjust above the peaks, gives the world a roof; last summer all seemed unbowed,the park contained secret immensities, we...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 2, 2024 | Photography, Poetry, Poetry and Photography
Monterosso by Charles Bryne Cape Alava Your feet sink progressively deeper into the sandAs the sun climbs and the weight of your backpackSlows your stride to a plodding shuffle. It was firm and wet when you set out, as the tideReceded from the...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 18, 2024 | Art, Art and Painting, Painting, Poetry
Challenging the Medium by Marguerite Ogden Self-Portrait If I Were Stumbling & if I climb behind you—way back, behindthe chair, between the sky & the bluegreen fabric me back there, where I am apple ...