The Abstract Art Gallery
A writing gallery created by writers from around the world. From poetry to song lyrics, from essays to entire novels and short stories.
A fictional version of a…
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…was hot. Muggy August in New Jersey hot. The morning was empty, and the afternoon was dragging. I was in my room doing not much of anything other than ignoring my mother’s daily admonition to clean it when…
By Jonathan Dyer
Read MoreThe politics of selling war
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…souls drawn in by expectations high
Above commercial fantasies rely
On ancient lies, stories forever…
By Jonathan Dyer
Read MoreInspired by a small, roped-off and protected stand of sea oats
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…the tides the sea oats stand,
frail fossils of a quiet day.
In guarded dunes and evening…
By Jonathan Dyer
Read More…the natural still pauses
between breaths,
without the small chances
for rare silence and…
By Jonathan Dyer
Read MoreThe Soviet Union has its eyes on Crete in this Cold War thriller
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…small harbor is an unlikely place for a Superpower showdown. Its crystal blue water, fragrant Mediterranean air, and slow moving, small fleet of tired fishing boats all combine to paint a portrait of daily, lazy…
By Jonathan Dyer
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