by JL Jacobs | Mar 30, 2018 | Poetry
Art: Costumes from the Stratford Warehouse No. 23 by Chris Klein PHONAESTHETICS The study of the euphony and cacophony of words without regard for semantics. I read somewhere that language experts claim when sense is pushed aside, the most ear-pleasing English sounds...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 31, 2018 | Poetry
Art: Thomas Kräher, @tkraeher. 33 SENTENTIOUS EPIGRAPHS THAT MAY – OR NOT – PROMPT A POEM The purpose of writing poems is to save epigraphs. – Kay Ryan In the beginning, God. * What’s a twist of...
by JL Jacobs | Jan 17, 2018 | Poetry
Art: Marie Dashkova, @melodyphoto MARX WAS RIGHT History repeats itself as tragedy, then settles into farce. And so was Joyce slogging through his own nightmare, and Napoleon battling a fable agreed upon. Which leads me to conclude the last human sound before the...
by JL Jacobs | Dec 24, 2017 | Poetry
Art: Tanja Babić, @tanjaabstractart STIRRING 1. Juncos stagger through sun-swirling firs, praise the revival of day. 2. The alarm commands, Out of bed! Curiosity waits. 3. Headlines disquiet. Not even a mouse expects peace on earth. 4. Music hops the fence ...
