by JL Jacobs | Sep 16, 2019 | Short Fiction
Something Larger, Something Whole The wife prepared for their visit by deep-cleaning the rug: It was a wedding present symbolizing fortune and happiness. Wrapped and sealed in a black tarp, the rug made its arrival into the home of the young couple, where it was...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 12, 2019 | Poetry
The Story Was Always Architectural ...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 9, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Follow the Light by Fabrice Poussin The Sun We built a nest of books and blocks and threw the windows wide. In the yard beyond the wall that holds the street at bay, in an overhang of oleander, the sun, its orange banner waving, calls her out to...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 6, 2019 | Poetry
Augury for Spring it’s december, and the leaves push through the branches, insistent, verdant. in a dream, I mistake you for your cousin, but somehow softer— softer is the wrong word, gentle maybe or kind. or maybe true? my hands are...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 4, 2019 | Poetry
The Chariot of Roland 1. From the side of the highway with his one good hand to shade his eyes, Roland swings his legs off the bike, nudges the kickstand with his toes. He spins the sun in the heavy spokes hoping it will spark against the flint, light the city aflame...
