Unshod Quills

Ed Steele on the theme of David Lynch

Ed Steele on the theme of David Lynch

Ed Steele on the theme of David Lynch

Ed Steele on the theme of David Lynch

Ed Steele on the theme of Las Vegas

Ed Steele on the theme of Cheese

Ed Steele on the theme of Razor Dance

Artist Biography

Ed Steele is a writer, photographer and maker of short films. He works as a music photographer in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. When not photographing rock stars, Ed  volunteers with his wife at a feline rescue group.

"Pina Menichelli" on the theme of Silent Movie

"Three Fates" on the theme of Democracy

Artist Biography
Gail Potocki employs deep symbolist narratives to focus our attention where we don’t often enough ourselves. She frequently employs feminine beauty to lure the viewer who, once engaged, often discovers necessary and sometimes painful truths weaving through the unfolding story.

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Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of David Lynch

Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of David Lynch

Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of Democracy

Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of Democracy

Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of Las Vegas

Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of Secret Life

Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of Secret Life

Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of Silent Movie

Jennifer Tomaloff on the theme of Silent Movie

Artist Biography

Jennifer L. Tomaloff is a treasury analyst. During off hours she attempts to find meaning within the largely ignored aspects of common existence through photography. Jennifer is the editor and publisher of Bending Light into Verse: bendinglightintoverse.com

On the theme of Silent Movie

Illustration by Jeff Pike for the poem Charlie Chaplin, by Ryan Fox from their collaborative publication, After Love, published by the Virginia Arts of the Book Center, Charlottesville, VA.

Artist Biography

Jeff Pike joined the faculty of the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis in 1983. Pike was the Dean of the School of Art from 1999 – 2008.
Pike’s professional work has been recognized in Print, Art Direction, Creativity, and Adweek magazines. He has also won Addy’s and Flair awards. In 2010, Pike published a boxed, letterpress book of illustrations and works of fiction based upon the letters of Heloise and Abelard titled, From Letters to Fictions: Heloise & Abelard. Most recently, Pike’s work has been accepted into the 53rd Annual New York Society of Illustrators exhibition.

photo: Ashley Bovan - Secret Life

on the theme of Razor Dance

Further Grid

you take your bag
and go you do not
stop you do not
sleep when
you called when
you asked when
you wrote and asked
what was it
for what did
the magic say you
dance you shake
dice you stir
tea bathe
in a coloured bath so
dark so
insular so
unbroken so
lost a song of light a
song flickers to shadow
diesel out and back
nightline

___________

on the theme of Secret Life

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If you can’t sleep
and you get up
stand by the back door smoking
and it’s a clear night
with thousands of stars
thousands
and a breeze blows into the kitchen
tinkles the little bells on a cord
you bought from the hippy shop
a gentle ringing
and the stars

_______________

on the theme of Democracy

Untitled 

I hate toast
I would rather kill someone
than have them make me toast
I often wonder why they don’t get up early and leave
instead of hanging around and making breakfast
which means toast
but then I remember I’m at their place
and it should be me who’s getting up early and leaving

I keep some rose petals in my jacket pocket
ready for such occasions
to leave on the pillow
Sometimes I write a poem and leave it
but then I can’t remember the words when I get home
and it could have been really useful
like for winning a competition
something important

______________________

On the theme of Cheese

Untitled 

I am writing a poem with meter
– it’s about a gasman

Author Biography

Ashley Bovan lives in Cardiff, writes poetry and takes photographs. He has been published in many journals and recently finished writing up his MA thesis.