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Poetry and Art

Poetry and visual art presented together by Open Arts Forum contributors. Explore mixed media in Fulcrum of a Rose (for Kelsey), music and drawing in Morning Sketch, 57, Cloudy, and image and brief narrative in Crossing Orion. Follow the credited creators to discover more of their work.

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Poetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 47, Clear

Barry BurgessNovember 3, 2026

I’m leaping into it, man got my crypto wallet got 5 ways to get into the assets class I’m gonna (1) d-i-v-e-r-s-i-f-y (2) storing…

Morning Sketch, 57, CloudyPoetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 57, Cloudy

Barry BurgessSeptember 1, 2026

stuck in the corner of the keyboard a note reads ‘music is the stuff that binds the body to the soul’ and I thought  …

UnfulfillmentPoetry and Art

Unfulfillment

Soodabeh SaeidniaAugust 29, 2026

  she lived an empty life to the fullest and left the world as if never born _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Note on the Artwork: A photo…

Morning Sketch, 74, DrizzlePoetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 74, Drizzle

Barry BurgessAugust 22, 2026

he wrote, and rolled letters of love on tiny sheets of cigarette papers twisted ends and ran them through puckered lips with French kisses…

Crossing OrionPoetry and Art

Crossing Orion

Barry BurgessAugust 7, 2026

  having watched the stars on so long a flight Uni was hungry, tired having arrived in the landfill she devoured what cats wouldn’t…

Morning Sketch, AQI 147, 78, RainPoetry and Art

Morning Sketch, AQI 147, 78, Rain

Barry BurgessAugust 4, 2026

Elbert Finegold looked in the nano-mirror and found his ultimate demise thought he could self-replicate and would build at the atomic level cell by…

Morning Sketch, 59, RainPoetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 59, Rain

Barry BurgessJuly 20, 2026

M.O.S.H. (Mostly Organic Substrate Human) I texted the Data Center hoping to hear from M.O.S.H. he wrote: “I’m aimless most of the time dealing…

Morning Sketch, 39, RainPoetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 39, Rain

Barry BurgessJuly 3, 2026

Felix was passing a meager trickle and waited for a stronger stream a cold wind blew he let out a sigh and straightened his…

We’re HerePoetry and Art

We’re Here

Barry BurgessJune 27, 2026

    we’re here   in the Anthropocene where AI will modify nature’s Algorithm time will be re-assessed to meet the LONG NOW and beating…

Morning Sketch, 47, clearPoetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 47, clear

Barry BurgessJune 13, 2026

Ms Gwendolyn Farntussle loved Sorrow her Scottish Deerhound Felix Shortarse D’ Le Marte former physicist, now waiter complimented Ms Gwen and in a moment…

Morning Sketch, 49, cloudyPoetry, Poetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 49, cloudy

Barry BurgessMay 1, 2026

I live in the anthropocene where nature’s algorithm will be modified by AI all time will be reassessed to meet The Long Now beating…

..metaphor..Poetry and Art

..metaphor..

Sonja Benskin MesherFebruary 17, 2026

saw you fallen & photographed you yet could not save you nor any of them you are a metaphor