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Sometimes Won, Sometimes Lost
Innersmith—Poems and Photos by Smith, Cleveland, OHFLAVORIGHT THINGSI stroke the cat's fur to hear her purr.I love the sound, that and rain and train,the water rush of wind in treestheir leaves...
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A Day Spent in the Heart
The poet, before dawn, time for zazen—Poems and Photos by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CALet this day be spent in unity, not divisiveness; a day spent in the heart, not the mind. May there be safety and...
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Like a Wandering Ghost
—AnonymousNOT GOOD ENOUGH—Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CA Always a servantOn the back doorstepBegging for crumbsLike a hungry squirrel.This game—It’s called“Not good enough”.It goes from room to roomLike a...
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Dancing Faeries & Disappearing Dwarves
—Photos by Caschwa, Sacramento, CATOWER OF BABEL—CaschwaCurrent events so extraordinary they just stun reporters who are normally never at a loss for wordsnow we hear them assembling a hardpuzzle,...
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The Art of Caught Light
Conjuring Calm—Poems and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATRAGEDIENNESMademoiselle at her balcony would look out over the city with its far away lights and windowed sky around her and soft...
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Even Though . . .
—Anonymous Photos of the Sea—Poems by Allison Grayhurst, Toronto, CanadaEVEN THOUGHEven attempting to climb the perilous cliff,I am not afraid of falling.The sensual rhythms of this lonely...
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Tales of October
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CABRIGHT AS ORANGE IN MEMORYPumpkins arrayed in front of Home Depot are color-coordinated this October morningwith shiny new chipper-shredders and pots...
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Sacramento Poetry Day #32
—Photo by Katy Brown, Davis, CASTATE COLLEGE—Sacramento, 1960’s —Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CAAnthropology teacher with ice blue eyes, smokesmarijuana in class, not saying much, gazing at some...
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A Simple Man, Breathing
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Artwork Photos Courtesy of James Lee Jobe Using the space heater like a stove top to heat beans and cook hot dogs. Beer outside on the windowsill to stay cool. A...
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At the Fall of the Leaf
—Anonymous PhotoAUTUMN SONG—Dante Gabriel Rosetti, 1828-1882 Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf How the heart feels a languid grief Laid on it for a covering, And how sleep seems a goodly thing...
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Electric Breeze
—Anonymous Photos BRIGHT BLUE—Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CAelectric breeze invites street dust to danceflips red-yellow-orange leaves akimbo in airlifts birds into flightwarms dragonflies and my...
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Pursuing the Dark Unease (The Fear Collection)
Where Am I?—Poems, Photos and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CABLIND FEARFear comes tapping toward me with a long stick,pointing and swaying, tapping its way through my hiding;fear with...
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Howling at the Moon
—Anonymous PhotosTHIS IS HALLOWEEN—Cynthia Linville, Sacramento, CAWritten with members of English 5, section 36at Sac State in Fall 2018Jack Skellington socksCrunching through the leavesLady Gaga...
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Turkeys, Ghosts & Black-Bean Chili
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAART/LIFEI saw birds for sale on Main Street—hens and roosters, ducks, geese, a partridge, peacock, quail, even a flamingo—in artists’ imaginingsof...
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A Thousand Should-Haves
—Anonymous Photos—Poems by JD DeHart, Chattanooga, TNDECLARATION AT A RESTAURANTI'm tired of riding the wavesof other peoples' feelingsto decide how I feel about myself.Drops mic...remains seated.Is...
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The Diamond Sword of Living
Crops of Yolo County: Sunflowers—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeHere is my sweetest dream,Open it, like a music box. Look, my love, there is still room Inside for...
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In Such Kind Ways
—Anonymous PhotoTHE BEAUTIFUL CHANGES—Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) One wading a Fall meadow finds on all sides The Queen Anne’s Lace lying like liliesOn water; it glidesSo from the walker, it turnsDry...
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The Hole Story
—Photos by Caschwa, Sacramento, CATHE HOLE STORY—CaschwaAs a young child I was enthused to get to playminiature golfI wasn’t particularly goodat the sport, but felt thatprogress was certainOn one...
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In The Blue Heart Of Dream
Corsage—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE CRUEL HEARTShe came to the place of surrender with a ragged gift that she had carried over the long and difficult distance of herself. She...
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Our Own Zone
—Poems by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA, withImages of "Slender Grecian Maidens"SYNTHESIZER PIECE (c. 1977)I once composed a simple three-voice fugue;back then, not now, it seemed like the spiffiest...
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