p1Chiaroscuro Spring timeBy Cyrus CassellsThat was the season I couldn’t think or write indoors, the garrulous springtime every strophe, every...Arts & SciencesPainting & Sculpture
Silent SpreadBy S.J. Fowler & Rebecca KamenSIR, the 28 spheres of Kamen’s harmony Susceptible, inferred, immense, actual - the electron microscopy...NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & IllnessArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureSciencesTypes/ModesEkphrasisAnxiety & InsecurityGrief + 6 more
Los Angeles, Fin de SiècleBy Maurya SimonDelirium in the downtown mall today: Burt Reynolds! All the henna-haired girls sneer, while their mothers...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeClassMoney & EconomicsPopular CultureLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & SculpturePhotography & FilmStanza FormsTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagery + 11 more
p1Breed MeBy Richie HofmannMy sweat soaked the sheets. You used to be like everyone else but then the way you hurt me (fingers,...LoveDesire & PassionLivingLife ChoicesThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+Arts & SciencesPainting & SculptureMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorPassion + 9 more
True FreshBy Genevieve ArlieThe geometer wishes he were David cut from stone by lightning, his mind gyring wide into figures of ...ReligionGod & the DivineLivingLife ChoicesThe BodyThe MindTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorSimile + 11 more
Musée des Beaux ArtsBy W. H. AudenAbout suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters: how well they understood Its human position;...Social CommentariesLivingLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingArts & SciencesPainting & Sculpture
MonetBy Mark Kirschen1. Details frighten me. As the trembling blue Strokes of The cathedral imply It has been there And it...Arts & SciencesPainting & SculpturePoetry & Poets
The PainterBy Duane NiatumAs salmon awaken to the pulsing dawn, he hears night heron farther down the Skagit River. The grey sky...Arts & SciencesPainting & Sculpture
p1Portrait OfBy Anni LiuThere was a woman who claimed to be made of rain. Dust and the water that closes around it like a pearl...LivingArts & SciencesPainting & Sculpture
p1Painting Biddle CityBy Marianne ChanBiddle City was painted by no one, but I will paint it now. First, I will use my flat, long-haired brush...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeArts & SciencesPainting & Sculpture
p1DandelionBy Tina Mozelle BrazielMy first trip, I scoured every floor of the MoMA, winding around other patrons before they could read...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeClassTown & Country LifeLivingThe MindArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGratitude + 4 more
A Few Words about Van GoghBy Anzhelina PolonskayaRight now perhaps you're holding a horse by the bridle. Perhaps you're with someone, the lights still...LivingGrowing OldLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureGrief
p1AfterwardsBy T.J. ClarkThe sea in the wind in the half-light, clearing its throat of pebbles, Cloud shadows coming down the...Social CommentariesActivitiesIndoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointment
p1Merrymakers in a Mussel ShellBy Holly Corfield Carrdistant water extinguishes the town where it was thinkable for a mussel, an animal that otherwise can...ActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureJoy & Contentment
p1This and That at the FrickBy Miller ObermanI bring my students to the Frick to see Frank O’Hara’s beloved Polish Rider, and after giggling at the work Bronzino...Arts & SciencesPainting & SculpturePoetry & PoetsJoy & Contentment
p1GivernyBy Ian PopleSummer dust settled over the garden in bloom and full of bees, their hives full of such marketable honey...ActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureJoy & Contentment
p1In the famous American art galleryBy Shane NeilsonIn the famous American art gallery, they are looking at Starry Night. In the famous American art gallery, I am...Social CommentariesPopular CultureArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureDisappointment
I Find Myself Defending PigeonsBy Keith S. WilsonI love how you never find their bodies, how they never rest their eyes. I love how their breasts are...LoveDesire & PassionNatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeLivingThe MindRelationshipsArts & SciencesPainting & SculpturePoetry & PoetsJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 7 more
The Starry NightBy Anne SextonThe town does not exist except where one black-haired tree slips up like a drowned woman into the hot...LivingDeathArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureTechniquesConfessionalTypes/ModesEkphrasis
Four MarysBy Paisley RekdalAre the drapes drawn open or being closed? Each of the heavy, velvet wings is clasped in the hands of...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityReligionChristianityLivingBirth & BirthdaysDeathSorrow & GrievingArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureReading & Books + 4 more