10,000 Winters by Peter Manos

10,000 Winters by Peter Manos

Art: Mountains by Baptiste Charruyer, Paris, @wild_fangs_photos TEN THOUSAND WINTERS BEFORE WRITTEN WORDS “Stop this day and night with me, and you shall possess the origin of all poems.” –Walt Whitman Ten thousand winters before written words when rousing...
Running with the Yaks: Haibun by Bob Lucky

Running with the Yaks: Haibun by Bob Lucky

Art: Baptiste Charruyer, @wild_fangs_photos RUNNING WITH THE YAKS   My friend is going blind. He’s known this for most of his life. It’s genetic and can’t be corrected. His father went blind the same way. Gradually the periphery disappears and you’re squinting at...
The Bridges to April by Susan Elbe

The Bridges to April by Susan Elbe

Art Credit: “Bois de Vincennes” by Baptiste Charruyer THE BRIDGES TO APRIL 1   We’ve all got coughs, January rattles that won’t quit. Our necks wrapped in warm scarves against the cold night, we trail one by one into the ill-lit bar. Some...