Albeida – Thomas A. E. Hesketh – Forum Literary Magazine

                          A

                      Day

                  Passes

              Without count

          Or sound

        Light’s rays recede

      Timeless pace

    Turquoise yields

  Melds into azure

Blue hues deepen

Dusk approaches

  Silent silver specks

    Creation’s eyes

      Fireflies or faeries

        Mute echoes

          Shadows dissolve

              Emerge as stars

                  Cycle in turn

                      Renewal

                          One

Thomas A. E. Hesketh
I was born in Toronto, Canada, on a cusp, last millennium; none of it was my fault.  Most of the things that have happened to me have happened to other persons, too. Coincidence!?!?  I enjoy poetry because of its verbal range, except the caesuras,  and chess because it is non-verbal, until one talks about it alpha-numerically. P-Q4.

Neptune
Acrylic on Canvas
Michelle Engeldinger

Michelle Engeldinger
This piece, titled “Neptune,” is inspired by the eighth and farthest known planet from the sun in the solar system and its moon- Triton. With its vast detail and intricacies, Neptune is primarily composed of ice and rocks, which can be seen in the abstraction of this piece.