One Poem by Susan Isla Tepper with Art by Digby Beaumont

DEAD

 

We play mind games

To protect the dead

In ourselves

The already dead

Those about to become  

Dead

All forms of dead

And I decided God was

Napping when I cried

In secret in the bathroom

Then the bridge opened up.

 

Susan Isla Tepper is a widely published writer in all genres, and the author of twelve books and two plays.  Her soon-to-be-released Novel titled Office (Wilderness House Press) is a satirical take on office life during the pandemic.   Later this year another Novel titled ‘Hair of a Fallen Angel’ will be published by Cervena Barva Press.  Tepper is in the production phase of her play ‘The Crooked Heart’ based on artist Jackson Pollock in his later years.  www.susantepper.com

 

Central to Digby Beaumont's art is the expression and arousal of emotion.

He works with portraits, still lifes, landscapes and a series titled, I Don’t Know What Came Over Me, from which “Red Balloon Two” comes.

He works with acrylic paint, mostly on canvas board, and pen and ink on paper. He also produces limited edition, mixed media prints.

Digby is self-taught. He became a professional artist in 2021. His art has been showcased by online journals and published extensively in collaboration with writers of fiction and poetry.

Before becoming an artist, he worked as a writer for many years.

He is based in Hove on the south coast of England.