Trajectory
We were young once and beautiful, wandering loose as stones—Jed loping along beside me, the beret he loved like […]
Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Jennifer O'Neill Pickering, Poems
Ekphrastic Challenge
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Poems, Samantha Gee
After Cleaning the Kitchen Again, He Realizes
Don’t look in the sink for happiness. It sounds so obvious. But even the shiniest, cleanest sink is still only
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Poems, Samantha Gee
My First Body Is Beautiful Until
On the kitchen floor, years ago, peeled potatoes roll, slippery as skulls—all the ugliness sticks to their wet flesh and
A Thousand Possible Clouds
Image: “No Name #2” by Ryan Schaufler. “A Thousand Possible Clouds” was written by Valentina Gnup for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, June 2017, and selected as the Editor’s Choice.
Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Poems, Ryan Schaufler
Blue Rain Clouds, Reddish Ground, and Tall Crosses
The sky has gotten heavy with the rain that’s started to unleash upon the ground. Electric posts remind us of
Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Poems, Soren James
She Tells Him of Her Fears
imagine this w_rld as y_u kn_w it g_ne; n_t because _f itself but y_ur _wn h_ll_wness— a faculty