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Full of Possibilities
—Poems by Michael H. Brownstein, Jefferson City, MO—Anonymous PhotosAFTER THE BROKEN HIPAn old man in a wheelchair and a woman who bitterly despises himA woman who bitterly despises him and a child...
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Uncovering the Moon
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeOpen the gate. Let the cows roam, Following their own free will. Open the door. Let the children play However they wish to play....
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So Love That Well
—AnonymousSONNET 73—William Shakespeare That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold,Bare ruined choirs, where...
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Bing Crosby & The Perfect Gift
—(Mostly) Anonymous Chihuahua PhotosDisplaying the Many Moods of the Chee-hoo-a-hoo-a WHAT IT FEELS LIKE II —Caschwa, Sacramento, CAbecause we have a little Chihuahua in the house most of the time tiny...
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The Life That Lights Up Darkness
—Indications—Poems and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CACOFFEEIn the mornings she wantedher small blunt cup with the wide handles,a soft matte white,no design or picture,no cute wording—a...
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Putting Chaos Into Fourteen Lines
—Poems by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Anonymous Photos of Nutty SquirrelsWHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NUTSIn our oak villa, you,our presiding squirrels,scan grasses, hindquarter-stood,for...
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A World of Books
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA SOUTH SLOPE CHRISTMAS Coloma 1847 Those men at the sawmill, turning once-live trees into wood to build someone’s distant empire—did they...
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The Smiths Pay Us A Visit
Elf Lady—Poems and Visuals by Smith and Lady, Cleveland, OHPRIVATE EYE SMOKEY GREY i come to sip yer honey, honey, my sticky bee— internal hive memory nothing personal, just duty. howdy duty. by jingo....
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Of Lightning & Storms
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Sacramento Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeHere are the months of lightning and storms. Winter. Dark clouds pass over this valley, Thick and fat with rain. I love...
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The Visit
BUDDHA-NATURE—Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAA couple towns downFrom the Temple of the Great Buddha Statue-in-the-Round,A younger brother lived.That was the only placeHe could be found,Since he didn’t...
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A Universe in Vermiion
—Artwork by Norman J. Olson, Maplewood, MN WHAT IT FEELS LIKE VI —Caschwa, Sacramento, CAYou know full well that yours will never be the loudest voice in the room, but if only the megaphone mouths...
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Where Shadows Play
Measurement of Existence —Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAWHERE SHADOWS PLAY WITH SUNBEAMSAfter Wistman’s Wood in Dartmoor, Devon, EnglandIn the woods, many shadows and many sunbeams play...
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Creating Love
—AnonymousHOW DO WE CREATE LOVE? —Michael H. Brownstein, Jefferson City, MO There—the ghost trees of the Missouri, gray-skinned and thin,too early in the morning, winter, but too warm to be winter,a...
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Listening to Coyote
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CATHE COYOTE AND THE RABBIT Listen to Coyote, howling at the Moon, his song reverberating through canyon, haze-lit tonight. Cold Moon of December...
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Poet Guests/Guest Poets
Old Country—Photos by Christopher Moon, Jacksonville, FLHAIR WREATH FOR MOM(An Octo)—Carol Louise Moon, Placerville, CAI’ll see my precious mom no more; my mother has gone to heaven. My grief! so much...
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Embracing the Good
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeLate August. Moonrise tonight is at 3 AM. A waning crescent moon above the Sacramento Valley. A very slight south wind. Sometimes I...
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More Time, More TIme
—AnonymousYEAR’S END—Richard Wilbur, 1921-2017Now winter downs the dying of the year, And night is all a settlement of snow;From the soft street the rooms of houses show A gathered light, a shapen...
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Bees, Bliss, Baseball & Brothers
New Year's Eve in Surabaya—Anonymous PhotosThree Poems by Michael Ceraolo, S. Euclid, OH,from his ongoing project, Dugout Anthology:Lee RichmondWhile I was at BrownI would play ball for them some...
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Blessings of Gratitude
Rouge—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAlooking out the windowthank you,weatherman,for the rain dark bird shadowshunched on swaying wirethe wind the windtakes the blossomsfor the wind...
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Tempus Fugit
—Poems by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Anonymous Photos ALL-LICENSED FOOLSShakespeare’s “all-licensed fools,” to entertainAre allowed to speak the truth,Even when the truth hurts in the main.All-licensed,...
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