Self-Portrait (Book Page)

Today we celebrate Elisabeth Horan’s poetry book Self-Portrait, published by Cephalopress on September 30, 2019. We’ve had the opportunity to feature a few of the poems from this book, and we cannot recommend it enough! About the book: This book of poetry explores the life and work of Frida Kahlo, suffusing the intensity of her life into a dual-language collection. Read More

Sometimes You Get the Bull, Sometimes

by Jack B. Bedell There’s got to be a moment             when the inmate clown wants the bull to stomp him out,             that long second when the dust kicked up from the bull’s charge             rises toward heaven and people in the stands             hold all the air in their lungs, that hard pause when it’s not a life Read More

The Artist Studies the Effect of Sadness on Her Own Face

by Amanda McLeod Sadness changes the shape of my face Lines of happiness get redrawn in a different direction with a heavy pencil that only pulls down Eyes have their sparkle  erased Hooded shields appear puffy, and the corners are tugged at by a memory that once, things were better Fine traces  of watercolour tears stain my skin a different Read More