by JL Jacobs | Jan 30, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Tale of a City by Seigar SUBMILLIMETRIC Blinking out of a daze White Smile absent of emotion Pearl Swallowing bile saliva Yellow Breathe in to think of a lie Chartreuse Hold the breath to feel warm again Green Hemorrhage the blood strangled on your face Blue Her...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 28, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Ice Storm by Nancy Shuler THE END OF A MOMENT In a breath, it ends. Just like that, gone. You watch it slip away, eyes wide, a lone tear streaking down your cheek. You raise a hand, as if to catch it, as if all you have to do is touch it and you will feel it...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 25, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Le rideau by Jerome Romain THE MOON WATER CASE Dusk coats a parched topography as I grab bucket and shovel and drive my Plymouth through The Vallis Alpes Valley that once flowed along a river’s lava curve. Fast-forward to the solidification of now, a throng of...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 23, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Nancy Shuler THE APOLLO NATIONAL PARK Earth-laden oceans burn his eyes blue as an employee blinks to regain his place before the customers-in-waiting who file like bugs into body-crevice security. A glass case encompasses Armstrong’s first footprint, serenity...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 18, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Waiting for the Story by Tony Rickaby TAKING THE PLEDGE I swear I swear off poetry More than an inveterate drunk Takes the oath, the pledge, promising to Stop starting tomorrow I swear Just one more poem to slake a A thirst, grease a throat and unstop These...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 14, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Untitled by Guilherme Bergamini STILL. LIFE. Oil on Canvas Mother and son: ages 64 and 37. The mother is a guidance counselor at Mount Hebron Middle School and the son is a software engineer out in Sussex county; the mother is just over 5 feet with...
