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Collections and portfolios bringing together poetry, prose, visual art and photography by Open Arts Forum contributors. Explore these longer bodies of work, discover their creators, and browse the OAF Library for books, chapbooks and collected editions.

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The Window & Other WorksArt, Poetry, Showcase

The Window & Other Works

Renee ElizabethNovember 1, 2019

The Window Traversing Alone Yearning like a flower looking to tilt its face toward sun, only night clutches the world in loneliness, when neither…

Urban Exploration – Excavating the EverydayPhotography, Showcase

Urban Exploration – Excavating the Everyday

Mark PreierOctober 30, 2019

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Code: Acrylic and hardboard seriesArt, Showcase

Code: Acrylic and hardboard series

Jenn ZedAugust 31, 2019

Code 1 Code 2 Code 3 Code 4 Code 5 Code 6 Code 7 Code 8 Code 9 All paintings acrylic on hardboard

digital/mixed media artArt, Photography, Showcase

digital/mixed media art

Doug FlahertyAugust 26, 2019

Sit Down Beside Me Girl of Our Dreams or Nightmares Mother of Flowers Dressed To Kill Self Portrait with Alterations Beatific Vision Girl with…

Spring Portfolio 2019: Selected PhotographsPhotography, Showcase

Spring Portfolio 2019: Selected Photographs

Mark PreierJune 7, 2019

Encrypted Message Joint Venture Stainless Brick Garage Still Life Street-Wise Bands Tarpedo Green Redecoration Paint Pirate

The Euphoria of Koi in Springtime & Other WorksArt, Showcase

The Euphoria of Koi in Springtime & Other Works

Bill FlanaganJune 6, 2019

The Euphoria of Koi in Springtime Is it possible to create a haiku with form and color rather than words? Something to strive for.…

Some MenPoetry, Showcase

Some Men

Lyn LifshinMay 25, 2019

So when he left I longed for the old house I had. So often, late summer in that house, marigolds on the steps for…

.john threatens mary. & other talesPhotography, Showcase

.john threatens mary. & other tales

Sonja Benskin MesherMay 14, 2019

.john threatens mary. .attempted murder. .there were traces of blood. .hiding the body. .the confession & doing time. .john reflecting on his behaviour.

Goslings at Wilde LakePhotography, Showcase

Goslings at Wilde Lake

Jay DoughertyMarch 5, 2019

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Breed the MessengerArt, Fiction, Showcase

Breed the Messenger

Maria MazzengaMarch 3, 2019

Reset The Humans loved to burn things up—witness what they did with Mars eons ago. After they torched Earth’s exquisite atmosphere, the cold blew…