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Transmigration
DOMESTIC MYSTICISM—Lucie Brock-Broido (1956-2018)In thrice 10,000 seasons, I will come back to this worldIn a white cotton dress. Kingdom of After My Own Heart.Kingdom of Fragile. Kingdom of Dwarves....
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Heralds of Spring
—Anonymous PhotoBUNCH OF VIOLETS—Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CAjust a bunch of violetsmade from words and lovestill too early to find them growingtender purple petals ina nest of dark green leaveshumble...
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Endings
Rumors—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE FATALISTS AT LAND’S ENDHere we are with all that we deplore—this low-tide shore, a small impatient boat creaks in the moonlight like a...
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Cupping Abundance
—Driftwood Photos by John Westling WHERE THE LAVANDULA GROWS…(Triple Quintilla)—Janet L. Pantoja, Woodinville, WARows of purple flowers lure mewith their aroma. I inhale. . .ah. . . a fragrance so...
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Listening for the Oracle
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CATRAVELING BAGThe artist [Kim Abeles] enlisted female inmate firefighters…. —LA MagazineMake a valise to pack up her...
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Astronomical!
Needle Craft by Carol Louise Moon, Placerville, CA—Poems and Photos by Carol Louise Moon1. MOON AND STARS QUILT “The moon hangs in the vacant, wide constellations.” —Tu Fu (712-770)With satin...
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It Could've Been Worse
The Poet, 1978—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeFriend, these are challenging times.I wonder how those people who don't write poetryManage to get through it?If you...
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West Tree
—Anonymous Photo, Chestnut TreeIn the shade of a huge chestnut at the edge of a town, a monk made his hermitage at a refuge from the world. Saigyō’s poem about gathering chestnuts deep in the mountains...
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It Could Have Been Verse
—Alpaca Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CAIT COULD HAVE BEEN VERSE—Caschwa, Sacramento, CA(following the trend of James Lee Jobe, Medusa’s Kitchen, February 2, 2019)If the greatest percentage of attorneys...
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Holding the Night Together
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAFEBRUARY RAIN The world, wet this morning, the trees bare and birdless at this hour, most of the sky that...
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Toading & Bald Eagles
—Poems by JD DeHart, Chattanooga, TN—Anonymous Slothful PhotosSLOTH’S SWAYIn the considerate movementof the sloth, I see my ownsanguine approach to this day.Problems without solutionsgather in my mind...
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Breathing Together
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAMIND’S LIGHT ON LANDSCAPE The same landscape we used to hike, summers ago. Nothing’s changed, no geological upheaval. Jit of junco from krummholz to...
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French Cruller Goodness
—Poems and Photos by Ann Privateer, Davis, CAGlaze clings to the sand barLike frosting to a cakeThe sea twists and rollsOnto shore whipping upFroth, bear claw style.I am hot and frappedSprinkled with...
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A Long Storm
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Photos Courtesy of James Lee Jobe A long storm, the two of usIn that little cabin, just two roomsAnd one lantern. LightningAnd thunder. Rain...
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Three Love Poems
e.e. cummings (1894-1962)—Poems by e.e. cummings [love is more thicker than forget]love is more thicker than forgetmore thinner than recallmore seldom than a wave is wetmore frequent than to failit is...
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The Alligator We Call Love
—Anonymous PhotosIDIOMATIC—JD DeHart, Chattanooga, TNI could carry a torch for you,but that would be arson. I amafraid such a blaze would onlycreate distance between us.Love is made difficult by...
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Only Love Knows Love
Affirmation—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAIT WAS LOVE, in the guise love always takes, so good to look upon with eyes that can’t refuse. And the mouth—the mouth with its lies, so...
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Fire Beavers In This Hanky Panky Land
—Poems by Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Lake Eliot, Ontario, Canada—Anonymous PhotosWHAT A YEAR A YEAR MAKES I dance around wicker cobrasrewire the brain for monkey sciencepeek at colour-coordinated cue cardsof...
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Valentine's Snow
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAVALENTINE’S SNOWOne snowflake, a heart’sdelight. More snowflakes, lovelyon grass and oak bough.Too many to count, these flakeswhiting out our road,...
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Be It What It Will
Midnight Express—Poems and Photo Artwork by Smith, Cleveland, OHSTATUS REPORT 285Black cat in lap,olive eyes watch methrough the purr.Falling snow scatters light,softens sounds, sweetens strife....
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