by JL Jacobs | Nov 25, 2022 | Art, Poetry
Invisible Billy: The Saddest Book Ever (extended) 1 I stared like a Mother does, down upon her child with whom she had been dealt. It was as if I suckled by happenstance, not a baby but my own poetic feelings. And they were drilled into me this day. It was not an...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 16, 2022 | Art, Poetry
Art by E.G. Cunningham Wonder Time – A Meditation The Matter at Hand The scientist asks us to think of time as a loaf of bread. What he doesn’t say is how we might connect now to then—if only we would cut right down the middle. One day, long...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 27, 2022 | Art, Poetry
Art: Lake Dock 2 by John Gregory Brown The Burning House of God I was traveling in broad daylight to the darkest parts of a forest by the sea. The airbnb full of elder cousins had become too much to bear after too much champagne. The road had no...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 20, 2022 | Art, Poetry
Art: Yellow Leaf 6 by John Gregory Brown Yosemite Triptych Chiming waves chant my name in a lost language Lake of dreaming clouds Lake of shining rocks The lightning of wings sparks unaccountable memories * * * Mountains veil...
by JL Jacobs | Oct 5, 2022 | Art, Poetry
Art: It is real. (By artificial intelligence, edited by Alex Duensing) Nameless Nostalgias By Alex Duensing and Artificial Intelligence 1. Looking out from the shoreline, we notice the gleaming incompatibility of the bridge and the sea it...
by JL Jacobs | Sep 14, 2022 | Art, Fiction
Art: Blue Sea by Britnie Walston Catherine When Mom and I arrived, you hid the donut behind the picture.You sat in the sunny kitchen, embarrassed that you’d been caught with a sweet.My mother tsk-tsked as you deflected our attention to the...
