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Review of The Mayapple Forest

Review of The Mayapple Forest

Jacob Butlett December 20, 2022 0

The Hongwu Emperor, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and “The Hundred Word Eulogy”

The Hongwu Emperor, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and “The Hundred Word Eulogy”

Flight AWE613

Flight AWE613

Jack’s Gamble

Jack’s Gamble

Donkeys

Donkeys

Art
Summer Study

Summer Study

Anna Sui June 20, 2022 0

Summer Study is an acrylic on canvas painting inspired by the blooms and foliage in Ontario’s national and provincial parks.

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in cemento veritas

in cemento veritas

Mario Loprete March 20, 2022 1

Clothes that survived covid 19, very similar to what survived after the 2,000-year-old catastrophic eruption of Pompeii.

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Jellyfish and Microbeads

Jellyfish and Microbeads

Maureen C. Berry December 20, 2021 0

By pairing the natural with the unnatural, I create a subtle awareness of the plastic pollution crisis. Mixed media watercolor on paper.

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Peppers for a Stew

Peppers for a Stew

Abby Ripley December 20, 2021 0

This is a watercolor of three peppers in orange, yellow, and red being cut up to be put in a meat stew with other vegetables.

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Covidscapes

Covidscapes

Cynthia Yatchman September 20, 2021 0

These images were done during our Covid isolation.

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Time

Time

Gino Parisi June 20, 2021 0

Time is inspired by the emotions of time. The now is where time does not exist.

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A Spring Collection

A Spring Collection

RC deWinter March 20, 2021 0

A collection of artwork with Spring in mind.

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3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy

3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy

Jeremy Szuder December 21, 2020 0

The illustrations are done with ink on paper and all measuring @ 5″X7″.

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Elvis Has Left the Building

Elvis Has Left the Building

Lorette C. Luzajic March 20, 2020 0

This artwork uses layers of collage and mixed media to portray memory, drawing on city life, poetry, art history, and other urban influences.

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Diversity Dance

Diversity Dance

Jenn Ashton December 20, 2019 0

Celebrating the differences. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas.

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Birdhouse in the Birches

Birdhouse in the Birches

Cheryl Bezuidenhout September 20, 2019 0

A quiet scene from the Reiffel Bird Sanctuary on the Fraser River Estuary, near Vancouver, B.C.

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In cemento veritas

In cemento veritas

Mario Loprete June 20, 2019 0

Paintings and sculptures.

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Garcia Lorca

Garcia Lorca

James Eret March 20, 2019 0

Drawing of Garcia Lorca.

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Articles
Review of The Mayapple Forest

Review of The Mayapple Forest

Jacob Butlett December 20, 2022 0

A review of Kim Ports Parsons’ book of poetry The Mayapple Forest.

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The Hongwu Emperor, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and “The Hundred Word Eulogy”

The Hongwu Emperor, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and “The Hundred Word Eulogy”

Douglas Colston December 20, 2022 0

“The Hundred Word Eulogy” as pro-Islamic is challenged by translations that suggest the material fulfills two functions of a eulogy.

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The Jejune

The Jejune

Ashish Dwivedi September 20, 2022 0

The jejune shares a handsome similitude with Mammon, in his politically-correct dysplasia, and  his ability to fake.

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Review of The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar

Review of The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar

Ryan Brinkhurst September 20, 2022 0

A review of Emily Schulten’s book of poetry The Way a Wound Becomes a Scar.

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Thoughts on Modernist poetry

Thoughts on Modernist poetry

Colin Ian Jeffery June 20, 2022 0

The modernist poetry movement has radically changed the rules in form, style, stanza, and rhythm.

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Political challenges in a selected section of ‘Insights and Poems’ (1975) by Huey Newton and Ericka Huggins

Political challenges in a selected section of ‘Insights and Poems’ (1975) by Huey Newton and Ericka Huggins

Alan Garrigan June 20, 2022 0

A review of insights and poems by Huey Newton as well as extensive political commentary on the overarching significance of the man.

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Helen, Life and Times – Unafraid Minutes on Hindustani Cinema and its Deployment of Helen

Helen, Life and Times – Unafraid Minutes on Hindustani Cinema and its Deployment of Helen

Ashish Dwivedi June 20, 2022 5

This book can elicit an infectious curiosity about Bollywood amongst audiences beyond the mediascape of India/South Asia.

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Don’t Miss Your Connection: an Interview with Best-Selling Author Jonathan Evison  

Don’t Miss Your Connection: an Interview with Best-Selling Author Jonathan Evison  

Shaun McMichael March 20, 2022 0

An interview with Best-Selling Novelist Jonathan Evison about his new book, Small World (2022).

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An Apology for M.Phil.

An Apology for M.Phil.

Ashish Dwivedi March 20, 2022 0

A globally-acknowledged degree, of respected stature and ancient origins, does not find a place in the popular imagination.

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Quirks and Quiddities

Quirks and Quiddities

Mehreen Ahmed December 20, 2021 0

All about the dangers of soil erosion in Bangladesh, the fate of farmers, and what is being done to prevent it.

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Lost in the Fog

Lost in the Fog

Ed Staskus December 20, 2021 0

It is about the unholy creation, existence, liberation, and legacy of the Nazi death camps as documented by “Night and Fog.”

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Living is also about Learning to Die

Living is also about Learning to Die

Prakash Kona December 20, 2021 0

Learning to die is the beginning of living.

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An ARTistic Ride

An ARTistic Ride

Lorraine Morales September 20, 2021 0

From Stanley Park and Yaletown, to Granville Island and False Creek, I share eight of my favorites over the years.

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Short Stories
Flight AWE613

Flight AWE613

Emma Murray December 20, 2022 0

Michael finds himself reevaluating his priorities and delving into precious memories as the plane he’s on seems doomed to crash.

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Jack’s Gamble

Jack’s Gamble

Tammy Huffman December 20, 2022 0

Good and evil, virtue and vice…is it all just a toss of a coin?

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Donkeys

Donkeys

Andy Ayash December 20, 2022 0

Remember when the kid turns into a donkey in Pinocchio? Wasn’t that messed up? This is a rebuttal to my nightmares.

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Irene and June

Irene and June

Jacqueline Erasin December 20, 2022 0

A darkly comic story about two elderly friends in a retirement home. What is truth and what is imagination?

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Romantique

Romantique

Jonathan Ferrini December 20, 2022 0

A “slice of life” pirouettes upon the palate reminiscent of a sweet and tart wedge of Lemon Meringue pie served with afternoon tea.

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Her Red Dress Matches Her Eyes

Her Red Dress Matches Her Eyes

Don Louis Robishaw September 20, 2022 1

A former librarian is hired as a secret agent with her government, and all hell breaks out.

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Nature Doesn’t Bend

Nature Doesn’t Bend

Jonathan Ferrini September 20, 2022 0

Gender identity, politics, and the criminal justice system collide like a car crash.

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The Contract Broken

The Contract Broken

Marco Etheridge September 20, 2022 0

Voltaire and Rousseau discuss where modern society is going wrong.

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Brilliant Blue

Brilliant Blue

Michael Gray September 20, 2022 0

A story of 3900 words that might remind readers of a specific story by Hemingway and one by O’Connor.

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Fifteen Minutes to Cavendish

Fifteen Minutes to Cavendish

Sonia Nicholson June 20, 2022 0

A relationship viewed through a discussion on real estate. We get so caught up in “What-Ifs,” we lose sight of what’s right in front of us.

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Lenses

Lenses

Mehreen Ahmed June 20, 2022 0

This was written from the perspective of lenses. It doesn’t provide a solution; it only records what it sees. The consequences are unknown.

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Dreams and Secrets of the Sea

Dreams and Secrets of the Sea

Aqsa Mustafa June 20, 2022 0

A tale of a little orphan girl stealing dreams from a green, bib-wearing Sea Serpent, in a world where fairies take children’s dreams.

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The Flower Lady

The Flower Lady

Jonathan Ferrini June 20, 2022 0

Love and compassion bloom during a pandemic.

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Poetry
A Second Life

A Second Life

Dale Cottingham December 20, 2022 0

Much will be forgiven those on whom not much has dawned. But let me ask: How could you not see the signs? What with the oceans rising…

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We Swamp Creatures

We Swamp Creatures

John Grey December 20, 2022 0

The joys, or otherwise, of the swamp.

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Journal Entry: Germination

Journal Entry: Germination

David B Prather December 20, 2022 0

Inspired by the gift of tomato seeds. Associative and journaling techniques were used to flesh out some kind of meaning.

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Cries

Cries

Colin Ian Jeffery December 20, 2022 0

We hear cries of children
Yet to be born

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Most Poems

Most Poems

Michael Lee Johnson December 20, 2022 0

Most poems are pounded out in emotional flesh, sometimes physical skin scalped feelings. It’s a Jesus hanging on a cross a Mary kneeling…

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Blue Cotton Candy

Blue Cotton Candy

Janelle Finamore December 20, 2022 0

A reflection and feelings of the effects of the pandemic.

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comes around

comes around

Edward Canavan December 20, 2022 0

From parts unknown poetry appears.

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Anti-Catharsis 2.0

Anti-Catharsis 2.0

Mary Mills December 20, 2022 0

Prickly rains drench Mother Courage as she pulls her wagon in Central Park.

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If Love Turns to Hate … Socks Knocked Off, Gloves Peeled Off

If Love Turns to Hate … Socks Knocked Off, Gloves Peeled Off

Amrita Valan December 20, 2022 0

When Love becomes silent cold war … Is it Hate? Is it Dependency or is it fear of changes? Deception seems to be the winner.

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Spring

Spring

Julia Murray December 20, 2022 0

Spring is an introspective poem reflecting on personal growth throughout the changing of seasons.

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disseverance

disseverance

RC deWinter September 20, 2022 0

When the inevitably right thing happens – and doesn’t.

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Smile at today’s sun as it goes down

Smile at today’s sun as it goes down

Paul Butterfield Jnr September 20, 2022 0

Maybe if they knew of my hardships
They would go easier on me

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Promise

Promise

Charlotte Thom September 20, 2022 0

A real story about two people who trusted each other and kept promises but the male in the relationship screwed the female over.

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