POEMS BY SOPHIA FALCO: Her Name Is Astrid, Authenticity
Her Name Is Astrid
Sunshine—
the yellow curtains
in the studio
the entryway to clear our minds,
we practice Yoga
in the hidden space
leave through the sa...
Writing
POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Search Goes On, The Old Man of the Woods, Summer Storm, A Family at the Civil War Site
Search Goes On
I imagine you in the maidenhair,
the gentle whorls of bipinnate fronds,
vibrant stalks with layers of leaves,
along their scalloped edges. ...
POEMS BY ROBERT ASHA: The Journey, The Last Shall Be First, Sneaking Glances, Change
The Journey
Spirit Body, Hand-drawn digitally coloured image, Archival ink limited edition print, dimensions variable. ©2018 Robert AshaNot everything
Ha...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: The end of naughty
Adult: So what is it that grown-ups do to make children feel bad?Child: Smack them, shout at them, and make them sit on the naughty step, or make them do so...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: The perfectly imperfect everything
Child: We have to have rules and laws and the police and judges to stop grow-ups from being naughty, don’t we?Adult: When someone breaks the rules or the la...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: No more naughty!
Adult: What do you think happens to naughty children who become naughty grown-ups?Child: The bad people go to prison, don’t they?Prisons are full of peo...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: Naughty grows up
Adult: We don’t call grown-ups naughty, do we?Child: We say they’re bad people who do bad things to people, such as burglars and people who hurt children or...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: Believing in naughty is naughty
Adult: Why do you think grown-ups tell children they’re naughty and punish them?Child: So they won’t do something that they did again.They think the chi...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: The boy who didn’t want to be alone
Child: There once was a little boy named Joe. He was three years old—nearly four, actually—so he thought he wasn’t a little boy anymore. In fact, he thought he ...