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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 day, 8 hours ago
Lily is Safe by Elisa Wood
Coming down from the redwood forest, where majestic trees defy rusted Coke signs and dead gas stations, we drive, curve after curve, in daylight […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 4 days, 8 hours ago
Ground Zero by Lynn Bushell
9 a.m. ‘M’ comes out of his flat. I see his head first, coming up the basement steps. He needs a haircut. And he’s wearing the same shirt he had […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 4 days, 8 hours ago
Ignorance by Michael Penny
When I encounter a word I don’t know I check the books and screens. Even after that, there remain words I cannot find the meaning of. Some a […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 week, 1 day ago
The Grass is Always Greener by Miles Fowler
Growing up in Massachusetts in the 1950s and early 1960s, my schoolmates and I used to watch a children’s television show called Big Brother. At n […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 week, 4 days ago
My Funny Little Valentine by Lucinda Guard
HEART OF GOLD The calendar waves its pages, and announces it’s time for our annual tradition of tapping trees and sugaring. Oh wait: not you! No more […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 1 week, 4 days ago
The Composer by Anne Whitehouse
…………………………for John Kander Music plays in my head, and I listen. Sounds and rhythms, echoes and vibrations. This is how I […]
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Trudy wrote a new post 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Wild Fires by Trudy Hale
Tuesday, Januay 7th. My son Charlie called. He was breathless. He had barely escaped the Palisades. The sky had been clear, he said when he took […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Equal Opportunity by Claire Scott
I just bought an eight-pack of bony Jesuses, an Amazon special, to be sure Jesus remembers this little lamb if I run a red light or ease through a […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Fragments From Returning to the Suburban Neighborhood of My Youth by Sharon Gelman
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash. I. a. This morning, I saw a creature standing in the road. The size of a small dog with rust-colored fur. […]
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Elizabeth Howard started the topic February Show at McGuffey in the forum February Show at McGuffey 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Sarah B. Smith Gallery
Alan Box Levine
The Healing Symphony and the Beggar’s Bench
Wood, photographs, interior décor
Alan Box Levine is a master at seizing a room and creating a sculptural installation. In this exhibition he will be combining two shows: the Healing Symphony and the Beggar’s Bench.
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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Still Life with Bulldozer and Backhoe by Cindy Buchanan
In the empty lot across the street they graze on ground scrape and grind — diesel sculptors of land and sound that rumble words shatter li […]
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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 1 month ago
The Audience Beneath by Holly Day
The worms are writing a song in my garden, rustling their slick bodies through the leaves in a rising crescendo, inspired by the rain. If one were […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 month ago
The Rauschenberg Retrospective by Ingrid Jandrewski
Studio by Katy Nicosia. CC license. When we first enter the Robert Rauschenberg retrospective at the Tate Modern, my parents’ eyes brighten as if t […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 month ago
The Last Time by Cheryl Somers Aubin
We never know when it will be the last time, do we? If I had known, I would have paid closer attention to the story mom shared about her […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 1 month, 1 week ago
How Pain Matters by Mark Simpson
Not thinking about it doesn’t make it go away. Recollection makes sense of it, invents details from the misremembered: as with open carry and its f […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 month, 1 week ago
Krenshaw and the Tale of Memphis by Karys Rhea
The fear of losing you torments me. Krenshaw’s roommate, Annie Alessandra, was dating Tommy Stalwart. Krenshaw had introduced them a few months ba […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 month, 1 week ago
Don’t Let Anyone Break Your Creative Heart by Deborah M. Prum
My vocation is writing, but my avocation is painting, mostly portraits. I belong to a Facebook group dedicated to showing the work of artists who are […]
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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Trick of the Eye: Fresh Roasted by Richard Elliott Martin
If you want a free lunch, All you have to do is smash, bleed, and work for it. Would you like some peanuts for lunch? Free sample, the sign on the […]
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Elizabeth Howard wrote a new post 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Lizzie Brown's Vibrant Portraits
Richmond, Va. artist Lizzie Brown paints vivid and dramatic portraits to show the beauty, resilience, and strength of African Americans. Brown […]
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Elizabeth Howard started the topic January Shows at Chroma and Vault Virginia's Great Hall in the forum Art Shows & Exhibits 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Opening Reception, Saturday evening, January 4th from 4:00 – 6:00
Sally Bowring: Still Life with Uncertainty
Artist StatementIn my work, I explore the intersections of still life and domesticity, weaving together a vibrant
tapestry of color, texture, and form. My love for textiles and patterns informs every piece,
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