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Alice Mergler
ACT I Scene I: An open Place. Thunder and Lightning. Enter three witches. 1 Witch. When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? 2 Witch. When next the Corona Experts speak We’ll pretend to be … Continue reading
Corona, Then and Now – Judy McCombs
The pandemic Corona virus originated in China, spread globally. In early 2020, when it reached our unprepared country, Corona spread unchecked into all our fifty states. La Corona in the 90’s was A trademarked long cigar. Of course it planted … Continue reading
Pandemic Spring – Marian Shapiro
People are dying alone, comforted by prayers crashing through hospital windows on megaphones. I-love-you’s on iPads held at arm’s length, the arm covered in hazmat, faces covered hands covered voices covered by whir and drip, beep and buzz of lifesaving … Continue reading
The Freedom of Icarus — Antonella Manganelli
Artist’s Statement: The first painting is of Plato’s cave, where shadows are compared to our pale perception of reality. The second painting depicts Icarus as a fluctuating shape without human features flying freely to the sun, illuminating the grandeur of … Continue reading
Untitled – Jill Strachan
Gift of the Virus. Birdsong abounding, human sounds mitigated. Copyright Jill Strachan 2020 Bio: Jill Strachan, a former arts administrator, started writing haiku almost at the exact moment that she retired. And the haiku keep rolling in. Several have been … Continue reading
Walking through Coronavirus – Mary Jo Balistreri
Naples Florida, April 20, 2020 We see through blacktop to the clouds heat rising like sheets of glass A crow’s piercing caw shreds the air stillness magnifying sound An alligator with mouth wide-open moves closer Sharp teeth glisten … Continue reading
Morning Tea – Janice Hoffman
The deer wander on the edge of the forest just beyond our property again this morning as branches wave a love song of early spring. Cardinals and their feathered cousins sing and call across the treetops while … Continue reading
Screen Dump 499 – Tom Corrado
You are masked and gloved . . . and socially distant . . . orbiting the silent film Orphans of the Storm . . . gingerly navigating the crapshoot of grocery-shopping . . . An essential to the soundless you eat the … Continue reading
One Meander – Pam Winters
One Meander Rocky wants to know whether hummingbirds long for tabla music. At a restaurant in Santa Rosa, I met a busboy who played a sort of blues on his sitar, a sort of masala of birdsong or fingersong. … Continue reading
Elk — Leo Deege
Bio: Leo Deege is an artist from Vienna, Virginia. He has painted mostly plein air landscapes and portraits from life, while studying with Nelson Shank in Philadelphia and artists from the Alexandria Art League. He also taught painting for seven … Continue reading
