My Brush, an artist's photo essay
c. 2021, Olan L. Smith
My brush floats as upon a breeze
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Poet: Gina Ancheta Agsaulio, by Olan Smith
Until with completeness
Poet: Charles Hampton Gragg, by Olan Smith
it has met
Poet: John E OHara, by Olan Smith
The images of my mind's eye.
John Winkler, by Olan Smith
A. N. The banner photo is poet Eve Costello, all the portraits are from my poet collection of portraits, except the bottom one. The bottom photo, John Winkler, is not a poet but my life long friend who passed away in 2019 that I painted for his widow. While I was painting these portraits of my oldest poet friends one said (his portrait is picture below) said speaking of my load of portraitures on my list be too much, "Olan, I can hear the crash all the way down here in Louisiana," but I didn't "crash" I flourished, as painting/writing is what I am meant to do.
Poet: James Harmon (StandingBear)
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Poems from the Quill, by Olan L. Smith
Poetry"Poems from the Quill" is where I place current works that don't fall into other collections. It is here you will find obscure poems that range from constraint to free-verse. I began this collection as a contest entry, years ago, for what was then t...