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PoetryFirst Game
There in the back of the closet of the room that was once my room and is now a museum…
Multimedia, Poetry and MusicThe Raven
Mr Moon and the Beautiful Dream, David Stewart Ingleton, James Michael Rodgers, Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard and Robert Stastny perform and…
PoetryWhy I’m Over Here
Walking my little doggy, I must go to extremes. Here we go. There’s a dog up ahead that needs avoiding,…
PoetryInstructions for Calm Acceptance of Life’s Little and Large Misfortunes
The Henckel knife is sorry; it meant no harm. Peel back the band-aid with care; your scar needs to think:…
PoetryWelcome to the Club, Motherfucker
For Kim Addonizio If you ever slept in your clothes, waking somewhere the next day that you didn’t recognize, ever…
PoetrySeptember Memoir
Prologue: Today the first golden leaf fell like a sacred calling card; I caught it in my hand. 1. A…
Poetry, ReadingsCake Night
Click on the Play arrow to view the author read this poem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShiR_bchtcE In a dank hall, under a punishing…
FictionAll Day
The automatic doors don’t open so much as capitulate, sliding back like they, too, would rather not, and I step…
Great Auk With Egg, Extinct Birds Series #5
Title: Great Auk, Extinct Birds Series #5 Medium: Watercolor Dimensions: 9” X 9” Great Auk, Extinct Birds Series #5 —…
Mirage: Selected Photography, Japan 2026
Click or tap any image to view it full size. Artist Statement Urban Underdogs “Being beautiful isn’t about the…
FictionPoisonous Reflections
The Santa Ana wind whipped up, hot and dry as a kiln, the kind of night that makes quiet housewives…
PoetryUpon the Ascent
Sun on the ram’s horn labyrinths your agate hand, we watch the curved blade split the grain. You elevate at…
Visions of Beauty: Ten iPad Drawings by Susan L. Pollet
Click on any image to see full size and launch a slide show.
PoetryBarefoot Penance
I am not a difficult person especially when sleeping but last night, well, to whom do I apologize? I lost…
PoetryI walk darkly on this mute spot
I walk darkly in this spot, mutely, unmeasured, only the energy of this one thought, how to be brave? are…
PoetryOn Bus 67
Lost in the reverie of the audible a man sits upstairs on the long journeyed bus and its route through…
PoetryThe First Vowel
At roll call each child says present and something arrives. Manjunath says present, a kingfisher lands on the window bar.…
