by JL Jacobs | Aug 23, 2019 | Short Fiction
Stardust “It’s time.” “Now?” “Yes. You better come now… today… as soon as you can.” It’s Clara. My sister’s voice is unusually soft, unstable. On the plane, the sun has already set and it’s a dark clear night. From my window seat I gaze down at the...
by JL Jacobs | Jul 8, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Abstract by Alex Duensing FROM THE TEACHER Whatever it has been said we’ve been, those words shall be shifted in the hearts of others– as the bread of our days may be only as it’s always been: the nourishment of others; when they recollect us, they but...
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...
by JL Jacobs | Mar 18, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Waiting by Alex Duensing A NUMBER ON REALITY My wife is behind me with her chemistry book open, her head buried in another world. Every once in a while she breaks the silence. “Light travels 3 million meters per second.” I stand up and stride across the room in...
by JL Jacobs | Dec 17, 2018 | Poetry
Art: Crazon 1984 by Alex Duensing TURTLES, BIRDS, AND OTHERS (OBSERVATIONAL HAIKU) Turtles 9/10/16 a big turtle crawls on the base of the river, a school of small fish 9/23/16 the big turtle sits on a rock in the river as the water flows...
