A journal of rediscovery
Editor’s Note The theme for this special issue emerged from multiple sources of inspiration and observation that came together in a way that just made sense. I’d observed that poetry was our most popular submission category, that April was National Poetry Month, and that sometimes, a few
Continue readingThe Poet’s Mask, a Poor Yorick Special Issue
Our special issue celebrating the spooky, creepy, and downright horrifying. … Continue readingHallow’s Eve Horror: a Poor Yorick Special Publication
This series, which I call The Further Adventures of Admiral Dot, combines two sources. One is a set of newspaper illustrations published in 1915 as part of a publication called “How Man Learned to Fly.” (I found these on the PBS website.) The other source is Wonderful Balloon Ascents, by Fulgence Marion, published in 1870. These pages I found on the Public Domain Review website – my go-to place for source materials. … Continue readingExcerpts from THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ADMIRAL DOT, by Nance Van Winckel
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
Brad Garber’s photograph captures the praying mantis, a species known to kill its own kind at its most vulnerable. … Continue readingMantis by Brad Garber
Roger Camp’s photographic discovery in an abandoned farmhouse shows us that fragments of our lives survive. … Continue readingCalendar Girl by Roger Camp
Nance Van Winckel’s visual poems reframe information and graphics in a 1947 encyclopedia and create a new sense of knowledge. … Continue readingVisual Poems by Nance Van Winckel
Photographer Holly Gordon illuminates an underground army which has protected an Emperor for over 2,000 years. … Continue readingTerracotta Warriors of Xi’an
The pages of this book, cut from a meteorite millions of years old, stimulate our ecological awareness.
… Continue readingIan Boyden Transforms 4.5-Million-Year-Old Meteorite
Gina Williams’s photographs show us that sometimes walking the streets in our community is all it takes to spark rediscovery. … Continue readingSimply Take A Walk