Let Evening Blush to Own a Star
By using form, poetry, and visuals, Joyce Munro’s story moves beyond fact and prompts readers to consider a sculpture and its owner in deeper ways. … Continue readingLet Evening Blush to Own a Star
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Velvet Painting
This cheeky poem by Wichita writer Linda Imbler pays homage to a skeleton as a piece of art. … Continue readingVelvet Painting
Has-Beens
Dori Appel reflects on the lives of items, including an old dress, discovered at a rummage sale. … Continue readingHas-Beens
It’s About Time
Terri Elders looks back on her life and reminds us that all we have is this moment right now. … Continue readingIt’s About Time
Margin Notes
This poem by Jane Seitel and the accompanying piece by Rebecca Shaw shine a spotlight on margin notes, those seemingly unimportant scribbles along the side of a text. … Continue readingMargin Notes
Matriarch in White
This poem by Sam Morris was a response to an older call for submissions featuring a wintry painting by one of our museum partners. … Continue readingMatriarch in White
Rattlesnake by Bridget Apfeld
On the mystery of the rattlesnake button at the Milwaukee Public Museum… … Continue readingRattlesnake by Bridget Apfeld
Señora Valerio Lays an Adobe Floor
This poem by Susan J. Erickson highlights the artistry of laying an earthen floor. … Continue readingSeñora Valerio Lays an Adobe Floor
Protected: Ekphrastic Evolutions by Sally Flint
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Berlin Letters
This essay by Ronnie Hess revisits her journey, through translated letters, to learn about and try to find peace with her Jewish grandparents’ lives in Nazi Germany.
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