Constant Reader discussion

Off Course Literary Journal has published 3 of my poems and illustrated them with my own artwork. The art is rather old, but the poems are new.

https://offcourse.org/issue105/bavett...

I love the artwork of the woman holding the girl.

Beautiful poems and artwork, Ruth. I especially like "Nightfall" and the image of the crane lifting the piano.

The following lines are really lovely:
"The moon, pale
as winter turned to stone,
remains alone and far away."

Thanks, Ann.

Lyn wrote: "I love the artwork of the woman holding the girl."

Thank you

I love your three poems and the artwork. You're multi-talented and I do enjoy your work.

Thank you, Gina!

The final lines of
"Nightfall" remind me of this poem:

A Man Said to the Universe

By Stephen Crane

A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”

I feel the truth in this simile from "In Slant Light":

The past persists
like a phantom limb.