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.
There is a dark side…
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… business, this business of humor; dangerous, too, comedians are always talking about, “killin’ their audience. Ordinary folk, in a fit of laughter say, “Stop, stop, please, your killin’ me!”! When a comedian fails to get laughs…
By K. L. Shipley
Read More…fresh thoughts of Vincent van Gogh
strike me! How, with palette and brushes, he breathed
life's scenes onto blank canvases long ago:
coasts, countrysides, sunflowers…
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read More"Their Last Rainbow" depicts…
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…engulfs her heart,
raindrops touch her cheeks,
as the storm gains…
By Brenda Arledge
Read More…at a cafe over coffee.
I swallowed spit, tumbling over my words,
and loosened my tie.
A rose bore its red…
By Andy Cooper
Read More…time I walked into the studio, I asked myself “Have I made a mistake by transferring to SIU so I could major in Mass Communications?” The first person I met was John Katz, a professor in the School of Broadcasting. He was standing in the control room looking through the glass into the broadcast booth with a…
By Richard Levy
Read More"Well Does It Smell…
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…afternoon turned into early evening very quickly and young Paulie made it home right before the sunlight turned its duties over to the…
By Marc OBrien
Read More"No Comfort Saying Goodbye…
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…are no words
to express the heartbreak
and the…
By Brenda Arledge
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