by JL Jacobs | Aug 17, 2022 | Art, Poetry
Art: Landscape in Orange Tones by John Timothy Robinson The Predicament of Breathlessness, II Since you’ve been gone,I’ve been vaping a void trying to acclimate with-out your skin and breath. The table is bare no matterwhat’s on its surface, and the...
by JL Jacobs | Apr 7, 2021 | Art, Article
Art: Abstract in Blue, Yellow, Green by John Timothy Robinson This article is an excerpt from Nyla Ali Khan’s new book: Educational Strategies for Youth Empowerment in Conflict Zones: Transforming, Not Transmitting Trauma. Palgrave Macmillan,...
by JL Jacobs | Jul 22, 2020 | Art, Poetry
For Schopenhauer Show me your sun-drenched sprigs of winter, The juniper bug as he howls, The rise and fall of oatmeal In the misty dawn of a burgeoning wahoo! Show me these things, My sweet, bare-faced darling, And I shall inherit your property With the gay...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 25, 2019 | Poetry
LALAH TRIES TO DUCK After the next earthquake east of Kathmandu the last snow leopard will eat a bullet for you playing the role of Lalah (self-possessed but afraid) just trying to feed your family. LALAH (cocking her head) We’re shooting? You said we weren’t...
by JL Jacobs | Nov 8, 2019 | Poetry
ESCAPE TO NOWHERE Good morning! Where would you like to go? I’d like to go to the Museum of Contemporary Art. How long do you think it will take to get there? It depends on the traffic. Or you could make a Sackler-sized donation. Good morning, what are you...