Poetry Issue #4: Hope March 31st, 2020 March 31st, 2020 Two Poems by JI Kleinberg one decides JI Kleinberg reads “one decides”: temple JI Kleinberg reads “temple”: JI Kleinberg, twice nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net awards, is an artist, poet, and freelance writer. Her visual poems have appeared in many print and online publications worldwide. She lives in Bellingham, Washington, USA, where she tears words out of magazines, and posts frequently at thepoetrydepartment.wordpress.com and occasionally on Instagram ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #4: Hope March 31st, 2020 March 31st, 2020 black woman’s guide to not dying in childbirth by Mia Wright black woman’s guide to not dying in childbirth 1. imagine aminata diallo, fictional catcher of slippery brown babies. the one with quick, small hands. imagine her cooing answer to your pain-wails, the call and response written in your spine. hear her “push, mama” in west african lilt, sorghum-slick. paint the pink impassive fingers pecan when they enter ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #4: Hope March 31st, 2020 March 31st, 2020 The Bones of the Hospital by LindaAnn LoSchiavo The Bones of the Hospital (Le ossa dell’ ospedale) We’re making a novena for grandpa. I stumble on words like leukemia, Don’t understand bone marrow transplanting. Before my father goes to donate his, We’re having bone soup. “It’s nutritious food,” Explains my mother. But the real reason’s Because we’re broke, my classmates like to taunt. I wonder if physicians will respect Grandpa if neighbors hate poor foreigners Like us, ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #4: Hope March 31st, 2020 March 31st, 2020 Two Poems by James Littwin Dream of Secrets (for Cair) I line my secrets in a row, in golden boxes Buddhists use to hold the ashes of ancestors. I pour my secrets into a leather pouch. Relatives sow them on my grave, and weep when weeds begin to grow. I pick up secrets like stones and skip them over waves. I watch them splash and sink, but they swim back like fish. I bring my secrets to you, laying ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #4: Hope March 31st, 2020 March 31st, 2020 Two Poems by Ellen Stone Cream Puffs Those days she was eggy ++++seemed like the sun always shone lemon-sifted spring lazy ++++pollen drifts rusted old box grater ++++thick vanilla custard stirred yellow cornstarch box sprinkled sugar ++++rich milk dribbled yolked in buttercups all ++++the live long day. Mom always cooking something up, ++++hum, hum, humming. Drops of batter dough spun ++++with a whack of hands big against the faded pastel bowl ++++turquoise stove white-gold Corelle & here come the cream puffs ++++bronzed puffballs peeking out ...
Read MoreArt Issue #4: Hope March 31st, 2020 March 31, 2020 Artist’s Statement by Laura Vitale Cover Image: Reconstructing Hope by Laura Vitale Previously published in the I Will Not Be Silenced series as Reconstructing Laura (2018) Down Into the Blue Again by Laura Vitale From the That’s Me in Paint series (2009) I Will Not Be Silenced by Laura Vitale Previously published in the I Will Not Be Silenced series (2018) Taking Back the Color by Laura Vitale From the That’s Me in ...
Read MoreArt Issue #4: Hope March 31st, 2020 March 31, 2020 Artist’s Statement by Patricia Tiffany Morris Lettering Hope by Patricia Tiffany Morris ettering Hope is one of a series of paintings created with acrylics on canvas by the artist for inspiration simply as words in the series entitled Lettering Words. Each piece begins with a plain, solid color background wash. The base layer is allowed to dry completely before the next layer. The second layer is a ...
Read MoreArt Issue #4: Hope March 31, 2020 March 31, 2020 Artist’s Statement by Ryota Matsumoto Recursive Topography of Uncertainty by Ryota Matsumoto atsumoto’s work reflects the morphological transformations of our ever-evolving urban and ecological milieus, which could be attributed to a multitude of spatiotemporal phenomena influenced by sociocultural constructs. They are created as visual commentaries on speculative changes in notions of societies, cultures, health, and ecosystems in the transient nature of constantly shifting topography and geology. Our sociocultural ...
Read MoreArt Issue #4: Hope March 31, 2020 March 31, 2020 Artist’s Statement by Soojin Jun No Mud, No Lotus by Soojin Jun had been meaning to paint a jacket for the Walking Gallery, established by patient advocate Regina Holliday, because she invited other artists to paint jackets for the Gallery. Regina had painted my jacket, and I was part of the Gallery in that way. I was inspired to paint after attending the Telluride Experience where I met ...
Read MoreArt Issue #4: Hope March 31st, 2020 March 31st, 2020 Art Reconstructing Hope | Laura Vitale Stairs to Light | Alan Bern No Mud, No Lotus | Soojin Jun Bright Rays | Peter Marshall Recursive Topography of Uncertainty | Ryota Matsumoto Lettering Hope | Patricia Tiffany Morris Singing Tree of Trust and Nine Seasons of Trust | Amy Oestreicher After Soft Rains, Iris, Lift Me Up, and Smile | Richard Wu
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