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Next To, Or Near (Short Fiction)

“Mattress with Drawers,” Brad Davis, 2020, oil on wood, 8”x10”

Next To, Or Near

She’d had the cruiser for years: a blue plastic sports car attached to a black pole and handle that someone could push while a kid sat inside, spinning a st...

6 days ago
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Incandescence

“St. Francis Seraph Church,” Brad Davis, 2026, oil on wood, 12”x9”

Incandescence

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On the bridge crossing the interstate

the sunset paints the black chainlink fence

golden. Peter, Paul, and Mary are singing

in my mom’s voice. The d...

12 days ago
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Healing Springs and Relics of War

“Relics, Middendorf’s,” Brad Davis, 2026, oil on wood, 12”x9”

Altamont

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After a run in Tower Park I walk our dog down into

the creek bed, down the hill where the slope is gentlest,

by a Sycamore that germinated a century before my m...

19 days ago
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2

Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrows

“Pike Street, Covington,” Brad Davis, 2026, oil on wood, 9”x12”

Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrows

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Fog drapes the river like a veil of mourning or marriage.

At the Catholic school where I teach, we’re observing

the Feast Day of Our Lady...

a month ago
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9

I Know Every Street In This Town

“View from Baker Hunt,” Brad Davis, 2026, oil on wood, 11”x12”

Lodge Lane

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A sidewalk bridges the valley behind Woodland

Place. Leaves are falling and the back door

of the custom frame shop smacks shut. Deer under

the black walnu...

a month ago
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  • Plein Air Poetry

    Words from Alexandra McIntosh & paintings by Brad Davis. Dispatches from our search for the sublime. Working mostly en plein air ("in the open air") in the Impressionist tradition.

  • Brad Davis

    Cincinnati Painter

  • Alexandra McIntosh

    Alexandra McIntosh lives and writes in Kentucky, her favorite place in the world. Her book of poetry, Bowlfuls of Blue, is available from Assure Press.

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