by JL Jacobs | Oct 16, 2026 | Art, Art and Painting, Nature, Painting, Prose, Prose and Painting
Yellow Lake by Judith Skillman Before This is the safe space, inside, before my passage into the unknown After. The rush of Mother’s blood and breath soothes me as I drift weightlessly in her womb. When I stretch, I feel the pressure of her hands...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 7, 2026 | Art, Art and Painting, Painting, Poetry, Poetry and Painting
Snag In A Slow Run by Léni Paquet-Morante Lines Written In An Abandonded Cathedral By The Sea 1.You are older than you ever imagined—there is no song to sing you to sleep. 2.All day long, I have circled the cemetery,have caressed the granite...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 30, 2026 | Art, Art and Painting, Painting, Painting and Photography, Photography, Poetry, Poetry and Painting, Poetry and Photography
Naked & Untitled by Carla Gía Ticino River Da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM—Th’A4 I drove th’A4 I drove tonight,from Turin all the way straight to Milan.The river marks the border ’cross the pair,‘cross suns and moons and long before mankind.Ticino...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 24, 2026 | Art, Art and Painting, Painting, Poetry, Poetry and Painting
Plots into Light by Tiziana Rasile All That Meat One of my students told me that her pancreasis damaged because she’s had diabetes since childhoodand her beloved father died when she was only seven years oldand I felt what I must call woe for herbecause...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 17, 2026 | Art, Art and Painting, Poetry, Poetry and Painting
Abstract #2422 by Ellen June Wright Her movement clicks I am typing in the office / sparebedroom. in the next room my wifeis preparing for bed.she wanders like a bluebottlethrough our apartment, gatheringwater glasses, switching offoccasional lights. I...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 9, 2026 | Art, Art and Painting, Poetry, Poetry and Painting
Conquistador by Matthew Morpheus Where She Was Dwelling Last week I went searching for that recording of Barbara Allenwhere he sings it “Barbry ” with just the right croakiness,the same version I heard every few days last winterdriving to the...
