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"Climber Frozen on a Look Rock Monolith," a poem by David Phillips

Climber Frozen on a Look Rock Monolith Halfway up the rock she stops. A buzzard glides past. She curses her winglessness, right boot wedg...

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"Six Foot Deep," flash fiction by Claire Loader

Six Foot Deep The crescent moon waxes her tips towards Venus and your hand reaches for the shovel. Always the same: four foot long, two f...

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"Shadows," a poem by Gene Kimmet

SHADOWS We walk together on this late December afternoon as we have walked For more than half a century. If we stand each year in sunshin...

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"Captain Charlie's Station" by Sarah Hasty Williams

Captain Charlie's Station (watercolor on paper, 2000) Sarah Hasty Williams is an artist, graphic designer and writer. For more of her art...

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"Loving Hanna" by Alan Phillips

Visit the Alan Phillips' online Art Gallery

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Phil Rice: The Mets, Maggie, and Me

In early spring 1968, when I was seven, my brother Hal, five years my senior, showed me how to read the statistics on the back of basebal...

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Tillman Crane: Nature wins (North Dakota Portfolio 2016)

Editor's note: Tillman Crane is a photographer of deep talent and keen awareness. For folks who are inspired by the art of photography, h...

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"The Old Dreamer," a poem by Gene Kimmet

Illustration by Sarah Hasty Williams The Old Dreamer No longer dreams of glass-winged dragonflies That hawked mosquitos from the summer s...

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Charles E. Rice: photo of Brenda & Penny Campbell, 1975

Born in the John Ross House in Rossville, Georgia, Charles Rice lived most of his boyhood at the foot of Missionary Ridge on the Tennesse...

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Sarah Hasty Williams: "Captain Charlie's Porch"

First comes the idea, the vision, the creative voice. Then the mind gives wings to that voice and vision. The soul moves through the hand...

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Phil Rice: "The Ego, Lurking," a slim photograph inspired by Tom Staley

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The Art of Alan Phillips

Around the turn of the latest century, Canopic was introduced to the artwork of Alan Phillips. We even had the honor of collaborating wit...

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Gleah Powers: Poolside Graffiti

Gleah Powers is the author of the award winning novella Edna and Luna, which was named a Finalist in the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book ...

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Early Canopic Jar: Hal's Drawings

The first two issues of Canopic Jar were printed and distributed (marginally) in 1986. The highlights included poetry by P.A. Merrill (wh...

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