"Yellow Jack," watercolor and iridescent calligraphy ink on parchment, 2020, by Troy's Work Table.
Inspired by my own recently published poem, "Death Notices."
The maritime signal flag "Lima" is also known as the "Yellow Jack" and when flown alone symbolizes a ship under quarantine due to contagion.
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"Death Notices" was published in the May 2020 issue of Creative Colloquy. You can read it at http://creativecolloquy.com/death-notices-by-troy-kehm-goins/
The poem was inspired by the "death notices" published in the classified section of newspapers, as well as the four main characters found in 1 Samuel 28:3-27—King Saul; the witch of Endor; the shade of the prophet Samuel, conjured forth from Sheol; and the Lord God. The poem presents the "death" of each, although in an oblique manner. (And the deaths are related to the passage, although none of them actually occur within the framework of the Bible passage but elsewhere.)
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