Autumn 2025 Issue
Editorial | An Invitation to Brilliant Multiplicities
Brilliance and brightness are everywhere, right from our cover page’s illustration of Natalya Raduenz’s joyous and dynamic painting I Am Near… But it’s the connection, the unities in disunity, those darned unexpected juxtapositions, that really make the brilliance shine.
—Caroline Langston
Pigments in Abstraction
Ellen June Wright
POETRY
I Am Going Higher
Jonathan Chibuike Ukah
The Seed Collectors
Brittany Deininger
FICTION
Negative Space
Steven Ovadia
NONFICTION
Leaving the Labyrinth
Lory Widmer Hess
VISUAL ART
Red Sea Symphony
Gerburg Garmann
MULTIMEDIA
Lay Me Down Gently
Onyeka Ndukwe
CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES
Strong Back, Soft Front, and Open Hands
Eric Massanari
Audio Edition
Catch the latest issue in audio format! Read by the contributors, you can find standalone pieces in the corresponding audio issue or tune into the podcast to hear a little behind-the-scenes inspiration from the creators as they introduce their work. Find the whole issue online, or subscribe to the podcast so episodes automatically show up in your feed.
5th-Anniversary Print Issue
Available in print, digital flipbook, and audio formats, this special commemorative issue features new work from Vita Poetica’s first Writing & Art Contest winners and runners-up, as well as outstanding selections from past issues, presented in 140 full-color pages.
