by JL Jacobs | Jul 30, 2026 | Art, Art and Painting, Nature, Painting, Poetry, Poetry and Painting
Untitled by John Gregory Brown Ibex In 2000 AD, when she fell—the fir tree,not the ibex—it was the first death.A lightning strike, plus age, plus drought.Falling trees never die alone; there’s alwaysan extinguishing in the crush: birds, insects,...
by JL Jacobs | May 16, 2023 | Art, Poetry
Art: Pink Leaf 2 by John Gregory Brown Hope like Wildflowers I count my hope like wildflowers on my patio in Baytown, where I believe the wilderness is coming back in riotous flashes of color against the sky’s hue of haze—the beebalm’s pink, a smile in a...
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 | Mar 16, 2022 | Art, Poetry
Untitled by John Gregory Brown After the Troubadour We play like children scribbling chalk;vibrant pastel glyphs vanish in afternoonrain. I was unopened, a letterfull of news waiting formy seal to be slit, a bedtime story pressedlike the scent of...