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Poetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 52, rain 75%

Barry Burgess - February 11, 2026

Poetry

christmas counts

Rob Breeding - February 10, 2026

Art

Four New Acrylic Paintings by Phyllis Green

Phyllis Green - February 9, 2026

Excavation for burial

Poetry Susan Kostick - February 8, 2026

A Touch of Doubles

Poetry Peter J. King - February 7, 2026

A garden small as love

Poetry and Author Reading Arran D'Aubigny - February 6, 2026

Faso

Art Tiko Lewis - February 5, 2026

Jotting down the outline

Poetry Michael Ashley - February 4, 2026

The Acropolis Caryatids of the Erechtheion and Michelangelo’s Medici Tomb Sculptures: A Sublime Synchronicity

Essays Bernie Langs - February 3, 2026

Art

Art

Requiem

Jenn Zed - July 25, 2024

Writing

Poetry

Mad auntie Pauline was right

Niall M Oliver - May 28, 2025

Photography

Photography

Bilde 002

Kim Toft - March 2, 2019

Showcase

Showcase

along the stream that fell from clouds & other poems

Milner Place - December 21, 2024

Music

Music

Booda Wot Doddy

RC James - July 8, 2021

Video

Showcase

Creeping into my head: Documentary on my life as a poet

Daniel J. Flore III - November 29, 2021

Readings

Readings

Me and my zine

Daniel J. Flore III - February 5, 2019

Performance Art

Contributor Blogs

Letter From the Nephew of a Nazi

Lance Jencks - April 29, 2021

Blog

Blog

JENN ZED CHALLENGE: Ekphrastic Review writing responses

Jordan Trethewey - October 11, 2019