Clark Ray: Why Should Government Support the Arts?
"The greatness of a people is eventually judged by what they contribute to the arts and culture of their times."
Two Poems by Terrence Sykes
Prague Sonata
turmeric & ginger
copper early dusk
along the Vltava
faded rose...
The Fallen by David Allen Sullivan
Off trail where there was no trail,
where your heart was an injured bird,
where you buried your love for
your first wife, and for her lover—
whom you almost loved...
On John Coltrane’s “After the Rain” by Joseph Ross
Even the air seems
to take a breath
once the shower gives
How Can It Be? by Naomi Thiers
The only way to have hope—how
can it be?—
is to walk into the streets not as a beggar,
not...
