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Protected: The Battle Between Carnival and Lent by Holly Iglesias

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Rumors at the Blackstone Canal by Lea Graham

A poem about Worcester’s storied past and hidden canal.
Quilting by Lisa A. Feintech

Discover the art of quilting, as author Lisa A. Feintech takes you on a journey about her experience and how quilting brought her “pride and pleasure.”

Excellent Fancies

Homeward Way by Herbert Woodward Martin

Martin’s poem inspired by the painting, “Homeward Way” by Charles Gruppe captures the true essence of longing.
Tor Day by Thomas Piekarski

Thomas Piekarski in his poem “Tor Day” offers tribute to the the highly influential poet, Robinson Jeffers, know for his philosophy of “inhumanism.”
The Natural Man by Jenifer DeBellis

Jenifer DeBellis’ poem brings a lost painter back to life.
What Rises From Remains

A forest ravaged by fire lives on through Ian Boyden’s visionary exploration into the world of carbon.
Mantis by Brad Garber

Brad Garber’s photograph captures the praying mantis, a species known to kill its own kind at its most vulnerable.
Calendar Girl by Roger Camp

Roger Camp’s photographic discovery in an abandoned farmhouse shows us that fragments of our lives survive.
Silent Monkeys by Laura Del Col Brown

Laura Del Col Brown’s short story, “The Silent Monkeys,” captures radiance in comforting tokens of silence.
Behind the Crooked Cross by Christine Lalla

The positive origins of one of the world’s oldest symbols, the swastika, are explored in Christine Lalla’s documentary Behind the Crooked Cross.
Whose Mouth is Fire by Phillip Aijian

Phillip Aijian’s poem glows with the human soul and burning books.