Prolific Dutch creative Benne van der Velde lets us in as witnesses to coming to terms with grief in his poem "Cheers".
Tag: love
The Anatomy of Moments
Hosho McCreesh's visual, lyrical, haiku-like psalms are strikingly beautiful, and always striving for less.
Andy Motz – a love poem
Poet and filmmaker Andy Motz revels in the openness of sharing intimacy in his five-part mini-epic "a love poem".
Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice
Telomeres: A Strange Fate
Love, loss and the biology of endings. BY DAVID WHITEHURST
Max Nobis – Sweetness Defined
Cleveland poet Max Nobis unspools an ode to Helen, a figure of radiance and mirth, an avatar worthy of adoration.
Fore! The Record
Remembering love and laughter on the golf course, a quarter of a century ago. BY CLINT MARTIN
Beyond the Hills
Home is the place where the heart first learned to differentiate the real from the unreal and the known from what might never be encountered. BY MAHIN ZIA
On Falling in Love – James Baldwin
For activist and writer James Baldwin, falling in love was, 'Not merely the key to my life, but to life itself.' In this excerpt he talks about falling in love, a powerful event that shaped him and how he interacted with the world.
Hyacinth Harlow – kindred
Hyacinth Harlow's powerful "kindred" puts the disparity between hate and love under their poetic lens, revering our human connection.