Public Republic

Christina Lovin

Photo: Zest-pk
They love each other.
There is no loneliness like theirs.
James Wright, “A Blessing”
Now there are two. Seven deer, I’m told, before
the cougar’s appetite growled: one by one they were taken
down to the forest’s soft floor. Just these two escaping:
a tale told by the ragged ear of the [...]

Interview with Barry George by Barbara Sabol

Barry George’s haiku have been distinguished through numerous publications and awards. Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku, to be released April 1, 2010 by Accents Publishing, is his first collection of haiku. George’s haiku blend a distinctly urban content with the nature-oriented perspective of traditional haiku. A true [...]

Eric Sutherland
Photo: kevindooley
I make my way
a joyous escape
to the jagged cliff-crowned
doorway to the mountains
here water shapes every surface
with a wavy swirling motion
like fingerprints left
by a great ancient ocean
each rock face bears
these marine tattoos

Heather Wyatt

The face of the Creek man
looked off in the distance
with me tucked safely
in his peripheral.
You could see why
this man was famous.

Everything around us is changing … with every hour, every minute, and every second. Even we are not the same. Today I was watching the restless rain … – scattering its heavy water bars over the thirsty summer ground and every drop trickling down the window was bringing the fragrance of the perpetual dynamic.

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.” – Frank Herbert

At 230 km, Cave Lechuguilla is one of the five longest caves in the world. It is named after a plant (Agave lechuguilla) found in the immediate proximity of the entrance.
Lechuguilla is located in Carlsbad Caverns National Park [...]

Carol Berg

Photo: lenny_montana
Tomas Transtromer writes in the opening poem “Prelude” of his Selected Poems, “consciousness can own the world” and this philosophy informs much of his poetry. Transtromer’s own consciousness deeply engages his world, sometimes with dread as his consciousness reflects Nature’s cold aloofness, as in his poem “Face to Face,” and sometime with such [...]

Virtual gallery with photos by the photographer Pavel Pronin

“Art consists of reshaping life
but it does not create life, nor cause life.”
Stanley Kubrick
Imagine my surprise when on one rainy morning in Hamburg I discovered in my mail sunny and colorful sceneries from Bulgaria. Author of this wonderful surprise was Pavel Pronin. I invited the 21 year [...]

Interview with Art McLeod by Vanya Nikolaeva

Art McLeod grew up on the outskirts of a small town in Northern Ontario, Canada. He spent most of his childhood years with his parents (big nature and photography lovers) when they went camping and canoeing through the lakes and rivers in the pristine Canadian wilderness. No season was [...]

An interview with the photographer Pavel Pronin by Natalia Nikolaeva

“All art is autobiographical;
the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography”
- Federico Fellini
Fresh, bathed in light and emotional are the photographs by Pavel Pronin. Before anything else, the pictures, captured by a 21 year old photographer, enchant you with his deep love towards nature and the understanding [...]

Jim Embry is a photographer who lives and works in Lexington, Kentucky, where he recently held his latest exhibition. He is well-known for his many years of social activism fighting for racial equality, along with his leadership on issues of environmental sustainability.
Who is Jim Embry?

Star dust, congealed in this current form. I represent the millions [...]