For Solitude’s Sake
sun, at last, showing a little of that vaporous red and orange late October originality, shadows cut with scissors, pale light and even paler glitter. an all-star cast of insect noises, wind picking up so trees can toss their tops off – an emptiness in the heart won’t do – your absence has these better ways of explaining...
Read MoreIncoming Fall
a garden golden-brown where apples pull branches low to paint grass with wasps blackberries darken against vivid green earth turns under my searching spade worms slide deep against coming frost pears hang against my hand ripe soft with scents that wait for...
Read MoreFeatured Works: Week of Sep 4 (Beauty All Around)
Through the eye of an artist, the eye of a poet, we can find beauty everywhere, as this week’s contributors demonstrate. “American Exceptional” by Llyn Clague serves as an ars poetica, finding inspiration all over America. “Cleveland Haiku #384” and “Cleveland Haiku #385” by Michael Ceraolo encapsulate moments in the city where he lives. “Always Assessing Size” by David Thornbrugh contemplates what animals notice about the world. “Blue Loneliness,” “Distinct” and “Exile” by Fabrice...
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