Posts tagged Shadow Play and Light Work

The Holy Ghost in Urania’s Semi-Private Hospital Room

in Poetry Shadow Play and Light Work on February 16, 2023 February 15, 2023

for Tchiya Amet To ascertain what measures the offender usedthat allowed him to evade detection and apprehension,we have assembled a research team. Please remove all your clothing,including undergarments,and place them in this bag. ((lightis directional))…

Nocturne

Already dusk, the geese, half wild, fade from the lawn. We sit near silence, our feet soaked. Heat hangs onto the night like fever sweat in a blanket, and stars take place in the waning…

Mond,

in Poetry Shadow Play and Light Work on February 2, 2023 January 28, 2023

like Mund, or mouth. Something that widens and glows. Sometimes you see me like a planetary affliction. Body that pulls. But then you remember I am just as meat…

Call for Submissions: Shadow Play and Light Work

in News on September 18, 2022 January 10, 2023

There is a term in visual art called chiaroscuro, which, in Italian, can translate to a compound phrase: lightdark. In this year’s series for Portland Review, two of the oldest artistic tropes— shadow and light—meet…