Lepidoptera: after Lorette
of course, each life matters the embryonic and the homeless those lost to themselves in muttering frenzies of precipitous days the rubble-shrouded children of Aleppo crucified saints of Sudan coke-heads of Manila, and also, the trans-gendered below Kingston’s ghettos -- but these gone lives I particularly know: young Trayvon, breath-stopped Eric, distraught Sandra Bland, many who should be living now -- and somewhere, in a civilized, suburban basement, this child also, among the lepidopterist’s cases collecting nightmares in the formaldehyde of an old man’s lusts -- pinned to this daguerreotype of a sketch, she matters, she matters John Robert Lee JOHN ROBERT LEE (b. St. Lucia 1948) has published several collections of poetry. His short stories and poems have been widely anthologised. His reviews and columns have appeared with regularity in newspapers, local and regional. He has also produced and presented radio and television programmes in St. Lucia for many years. His books include Saint Lucian (1988), Artefacts (2000),Canticles (2007), Elemental (2008), Sighting (2013), City Remembrances (2016). He compiled and edited Roseau Valley and other poems for Brother George Odlum (2003), Bibliography of Saint Lucian Creative Writing 1948-2013 (2013); he co-edited Saint Lucian Literature and Theatre: an anthology of reviews (2006) with fellow St. Lucian poet Kendel Hippolyte and co-edited Sent Lisi: poems and art of Saint Lucia (2014) with Kendel Hippolyte, Jane King and Vladimir Lucien.
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Twelfth century icon from St. Catherine's Monastery, Egypt, based on The Ladder of Paradise, by John Climacus around 600 A.D. The monastic treatise, also known as the Scala, was widely used in teaching in Eastern Christianity. It included thirty steps or "rungs" that included "on lying," "on cowardice," "on despondency," "on avarice," and "on peace of the soul."
Rothko Meant Nothing
canvases painted in one colour. Where the detail? I've painted house walls with one colour. Modern art is crap. Money for nothing then I saw the ordinary light of a wintered Humber Estuary subtle difference to the sky and understood. Paul Brookes Paul Brookes has performed in poetry performance group "Rats for Love" and is included in their "Rats for Love: The Book" Bristol Broadsides, 1989. His first chapbook "The Fabulous Invention Of Barnsley" by Dearne Community Arts, 1993. He has read his work on BBC Radio Bristol and had a creative writing workshop for sixth formers broadcast on BBC Radio Five Live. I Have Loved You Since the World Began, by Lorette C. Luzajic. By purchasing this small work, or any other of Lorette's small collage paintings or photography prints at Etsy, you directly support The Ekphrastic Review.
Ekphrastic readers and contributors save 25% now and forever on Lorette's small artworks at Etsy- just enter the coupon code EKPHRASTIC25 at checkout. Click image to see that particular work. Click here to see store. Many thanks. Nancy Drew Anthology from Silver Birch Press
I am most excited to announce that one of my paintings is featured in the new Nancy Drew Anthology from Silver Birch Press. How amazing it is to see the names of quite a number of Ekphrastic's contributors listed as authors and artists. I can't wait to get my copy! Get yours here. Lorette I Understand Your Loneliness, 12x12", mixed media on canvas. Lorette C. Luzajic.
Another butterfly piece inspired by John Fowles' The Collector, a terrible and beautiful novel about a deranged man who collects butterflies. His ultimate specimen is a woman he kidnaps and keeps trapped in a hidden room. Click image to view on Etsy. Ekphrastic readers and writers receive 25% discount on all of Lorette's small artworks at Etsy. Just enter EKPHRASTIC25 as coupon code at checkout. Your purchase helps support Ekphrastic, thank you. Dear Faithful Readers and Wonderful Writers,
I've been thinking long and hard about how to bring a little economic support to Ekphrastic. I am dedicated to growing the audience and publishing outstanding writers. I dedicate between five and fifteen hours a week to the various tasks at hand, and cover maintenance costs as well. I refuse to demand submission fees from literary writers, who are already under-or-never paid, and I refuse to charge readers. I also refuse to put unsightly and jarring ads on the site promising youth, skinniness, better sex, etc. I do have a "give" option and in full disclosure, confess not once has this been used. I didn't expect The Ekphrastic Review to turn into such a vital force, and I want to give it as much time as it deserves. I do not want to bleed readers and writers who already give so much to the world on fumes of passion alone. So taking all this into account, I hope you will forgive me for shamelessly shilling my artwork on these pages. I think that by occasionally posting my small works, sold through Etsy and my home studio, they will find their way to a larger audience, and the occasional sale through the site will certainly help me keep up with things at this end. I sell small mixed media collage paintings and also photography prints on Etsy. I have not been very consistent at Etsy and it struck me that this is a good way to potentially grow both places at once. So those of you who would like to own a curious piece of original art will get something interesting of your very own. I am offering all Ekphrastic readers and writers who choose something from my Etsy 25% off all purchases. By using the coupon code EKPHRASTIC25 you will receive your discount at check out. That's it. There's no obligation. You will occasionally endure a few images posted with a link to the Etsy shop. If you decide you'd like something, don't forget to use your coupon code. Small works and photography prices range from 50 to 250. Thank you all so much. love, Lorette |
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