The Jordan Boulevard by Carter Vance

The Jordan Boulevard by Carter Vance

by | Aug 17, 2018 | Poetry

Art: Tree in Mirror, St. Paul’s, Paris by Roger Camp THE JORDAN BOULEVARD Slipping between the broken paving stone, shoes bleating a harried rhythm in rubber, I move visibly, sallowed, as a humbled painter, staring blankly at the unblemished canvas of even time:...
Two Bathers by Toni La Ree Bennett

Two Bathers by Toni La Ree Bennett

by | Aug 15, 2018 | Poetry

Art: The Unknown God from Socio-Psychological Dreamscape Series by Gary Van Haas TWO BATHERS An indecisive woman floats in a tubof bubbles, her head bowed by theweight of humidity and hopelessness.Suddenly her body straightens,and her head lifts in an attitudeof firm...
The Guide Awake by Mark Mitchell

The Guide Awake by Mark Mitchell

by | Aug 10, 2018 | Poetry

Art: Light Music 33 by Roger Camp THE GUIDE AWAKE Should we have stayed home and thought of here? —Elizabeth Bishop Questions of Travel Pale sun and the pinprick pains return to your body like seasons each cruel-pretty morning. Coffee quick, then breakfast. Begin...
Seine Water by Carter Vance

Seine Water by Carter Vance

by | Aug 3, 2018 | Goncalves, Poetry

Art: The Edges of My Soul by André Gonçalves, @andre_goncalves_art SEINE WATER The ambulance siren tin-whistles through hanging leaves, stirring air like clipper ships darting in grace from canal point and matching, in true form, carvers’ chisels on pillars on...
Bones in a Dress from Black Pearls by Bethany Saint-Smith

Bones in a Dress from Black Pearls by Bethany Saint-Smith

by | Aug 1, 2018 | Poetry

Art: Keeping the Sun by Lynne Buchannan BONES IN A DRESS I’m burnt with trickery in my bones Wrapping its blessed deceit in the blood of my home Bait and switch, the true tackle I thumb Comes resiliently patterned The dress I wear, undone There’s luminous wax building...