Poet Nolcha Fox and Artist Mike Armstrong have known each other for over 30 years. It is only natural that this would result in an amazing collaboration. “End of Earth – A Collaboration of Poetry and Painting” is the result. The rich, colorful, expression art by Armstrong encouraged Fox’s poetic muse to create these thought-provoking poems.
Such a collaboration is like no other and, well, you must see this for yourself. It is a little book with a big WOW factor. This would make a lovely gift for art and poetry lovers.
What do others have to say?
End of Earth, a Collaboration of Poetry and Painting, by Nolcha Fox and Mike Armstrong is ekphrastic art at its finest, a seamless coming together of vibrant brushstrokes and memorable lines in poem after poem. From “They circle” we have “Ah, they are money vampires. / They tell me they can hook me up, / no, cook me up in style.” The wit, music, and metaphors that comprise Nolcha Fox’s style are alive and well in End of Earth; it contains some of her best recent work. She is our contemporary Emily Dickinson, but also an original, fulfilling the potential of her poetic self in this new book.
Peter Mladinic, author of House Sitting, and The Homesick Mortician
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Without a doubt, Nolcha Fox is the most interesting, inventive writer of poetry on the scene today.
— John Yamrus, author of Present Tense
Why “End of Earth”??
The title is based on one of Mike Armstrong’s paintings. In this collection, Nolcha Fox wrote a poem based on her interpretation of Armstrong’s paintings. Here is the painting the tile is based on and the poem in response:
I love children, really, but
they’re so unsanitary.
Their clothes are stained
with food and blood.
Snot runs unchecked
down grubby cheeks,
especially when in the pool.
I’ll skip the pool and shower.
Thank you.
Nolcha Fox’s poems have been curated in print and online journals. Her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominee for 2023 and 2025 Best of The Net, 2024 Best of the Net Anthology. Nominee for a 2023 Pushcart Prize. Visual Editor for Chewers by Masticadores.Websites: https://bit.ly/3bT9tYu and https://nolchafox2.wixsite.com/nolcha-s-written-wor/blog
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolchafox/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nolcha.fox/
Mike was drawn to art in 3rd grade. He noticed a crayon landscape book report cover displayed in Mrs. Montgomery’s English class. Only later did he realize that the artist was his 8th-grade sister, Carol. He also made his first attempt at throwing a pot on the potter’s wheel. Actually, it was a small hole in a big piece of clay.
In high school, to stay out of trouble, he spent much of his time in the art room as an art major and art minor.
His time at the University of Alabama as an accounting major was short-lived. He changed to a major in painting and a minor in ceramics.
He was an art teacher for 34 years. He continues to practice his love of painting and ceramics.
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