Otis Knoop, 13 On some days, I just like to walk Across the street and into the park Contemplating life. Around me, nature is content. Leaves swirl around my figure The large trees sway as I walk by The clouds darken, casting a blanket over the treetops My sanctuary. As the flora and fauna […]
poem
Saturday Newsletter: June 19, 2021
“Untitled” (acrylic)By Halil (Syria), created with the support of the Inside-Outside Project and published in Stone Soup June 2021. Artist description of the piece (translated from Arabic): There is something hiding behind the painting. There is a ghost behind it. It is the ghost of someone. (Who?) (No answer to that.) It is not me […]
Mother
Caretaker of the House, Cooker, Organizer of Paraphernalia, Player of Music, and Reminder of Kindness; Motivated, strict, loving, Mother of our Home: They tell me your house is small with little room to work and I believe them, for I belong in this house, smelling every scent there is to smell and touching everything […]
