July 21, 2026
Broadside: "Pain" (a contrapuntal)

Many different things can inspire me to create a poetry broadside. Sometimes it's finding the perfect picture in my archives to go with a poem. Sometimes I find that picture in the collection of someone else (who gives their permission) or in the public domain.

But, in the case of my contrapuntal "Pain", my inspiration was the cover of the International Human Rights Art Movement Literary Magazine Third Quarter 2025 edition, Enduring Voices: Life with Disabilities, Invisible Illnesses, and Neurodivergence which includes "Pain" (on page 63).

The cover even had just the right amount of space for "Pain". And so, with the permission of Managing Editor-in-Chief Lisa Zammit, I created a broadside (that also allows those who haven't purchased the journal to read my contrapuntal).

Enduring Voices' contributors captured the reality of living with various medical conditions and neurodivergence types (their own or their loved ones') with unflinching honesty and vulnerability.




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