Category: Kirby Congdon

Issue #196

by Kirby Congdon……. Soliloquy Each branch was poised on the silent air. No leaf stirred and no bird sang but

Issue #195

What impressed me most about the poets of the Beat scene was their independence. Their need was not quite so

Kirby Congdon

Window A holly branch, dodging shade, seeks its share of light as I, impatient, stare, unable to rearrange chance and

Kirby Congdon

by Kirby Congdon……. I first heard the word “hubris” in school when it described a hero in ancient literature who

Issue #192

by Kirby Congdon……. When my mother showed me pictures of the hopeful candidates for the Presidency I, being a conservative, indicated

by Kirby Congdon……. Taking a second look at someone’s art work often helps you access it. I have had several looks

Issue #190

by Kirby Congdon……. Al Markovitz and Mary Franke have produced the Summer 2016 issue of their Blue Collar Review Journal of

Kirby Congdon

Book Review by Kirby Congdon……. An advance copy of Darren Jones’ compendium, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Display, Power and Privilege,

Kirby Congdon

Perspectives We know the room where we live and the window’s familiar view. Here is where a space, confirmed, is

Issue #187

Each leaf that falls is its own monument for the life it had leaving a shadow’s shape, each edge enterred