Poems You See Before You Die (Excerpts)

NEWS! The current collaboration between artist Ray Rubeque and poet George Koehler (both residents of Frankfurt on Main) on their joint haiga book project is nearing completion.
Publication of POEMS YOU SEE BEFORE BEFORE YOU DIE is drawing nearer and nearer!

Here some appetizers from the forthcoming book:


daily Resurrection by ~Rektozhan on deviantART
© 2008 Ray Rubeque

The above picture is an expansion of the following senryu poem:

As life slips away
Let us dance towards our next
Spring in the morning

© 2008 George Henry Etnea Koehler

Sigh of Relief by ~Rektozhan on deviantART
© 2008 Ray Rubeque

The above picture is an extension of the following tanka poem:

A warm breeze blowing
Shivers over the skin of
A pond, girls in bloom
Like May flowers, shaking off
The bleakness of winter's gloom

© 2008 George Henry Etnea Koehler

Look for more pictures and poems from the forthcoming book under Rektozhan on deviantART

Ray, my man, your pictures really do look good on the net, even if I say so myself! Good man! I'm really looking forward to seeing our book in print.

Check out Ray's further work under Ray's Art

Collapse of all Isms (Lichtensteiger)

© 2008 Ralph Lichtensteiger

Today I would like to draw your attention to COLLAPSE OF ALL ISMS, a new blog showcasing a selection of Ralph Lichtensteiger's paintings, in particular, from his remarkable THINGS series. These paintings were created with graphite and aluminium, amongst other materials.
Images of these relief paintings and assemblages from the Things series can be accessed under :
Collapse of all Isms - Paintings with acrylic, graphite, aluminium and found objects

To date the series encompasses 142 independent paintings. Apart from hanging them singly, the concept of this series additionally allows for a collective presentation in various groupings. They can be compiled to make up blocks of 4, 9, 16, 25 or 36 paintings, or as a horizontal chain at eye level, depending on conditions of the exhibition space.
© 2008 Ralph Lichtensteiger

"A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil and fabric. A canvas is never empty." — Robert Rauschenberg
© 2008 Ralph Lichtensteiger

More images of Ralph's paintings under:
Slideshow - Things
Things paintings
More paintings, and drawings