by JL Jacobs | Jun 24, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Ekaterina Shamilova (Model: Marie Dashkova) THE CRUSHING OF COTTON BUTTERFLIES The bed smells of potted meat – and us – last night’s bland feast. You’re eyeing the jar even now, scrolling news-feed on your laptop, hard edge digging into my...
by JL Jacobs | Jun 21, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Memories from the Multiverse: Comfortably Between by Erik Leraz SOLITUDE Souls Watching the hermit nun Sister Wendy describe complex biblical scenes in 3 sentences reminded me once again to spend less time getting our finances in order and more time caring for...
by JL Jacobs | Jun 19, 2019 | Short Fiction
Art: Focused by Fabrice Poussin IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED In 1958, or maybe 1959, Daddy put me in the cab of his dented pickup. We drove to KEY-T TV studios in Santa Barbara so I could meet my grandfather. Daddy had grown up an only child, raised by his mother, and had...
by JL Jacobs | Jun 17, 2019 | Music
Art: Memento Mori by Kon Markogiannis THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, SOPRANO & ENSEMBLE About the artist: The creative output of Anthony R. Green (composer, performer, social justice) includes musical and visual creations, interpretations of original works or works in...
by JL Jacobs | Jun 14, 2019 | Poetry
Art: AI Epiphany by Alex Duensing A VISION “What then is life?” I cried— —P. B. Shelley The Triumph of Life (broken off final line) A cross. A mirror. Not much else—silver gray light. Half a face—mine, stranded under bulbs too bright for this room. The cross is a...
