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Above It All
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAMISTRESS OF THE WOODS On her perch—gate-post above our pasture— head swiveling the compass points to focus, she listens; sharp-hooked beak, ember-red...
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The 101 Silences
—Poems by Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA—Anonymous Photos ON A WINTER STROLLThe sun at reston a bare branch,a golden pearl at edgeof our galaxy.Galaxy at the edgeof a golden pearlon bare branchwhere the...
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The Burning Bush
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeTo write poems is to sit inside of the burning bush. Li-Young Lee said that. The bush is no god, but it continues to burn and to...
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Taking a Stand
—AnonymousISSUES AND NOTHINGNESS—Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAI’m just here so you can work out some issues.That’s it. It’s all about you, me and issues.Without issues, we would not be distracted,And we...
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Palaces of Ghosts
Butte Meadows Trees—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA From A Period of Trees: Boise, Idaho—Michael H. Brownstein, Jefferson City, MO1One day we will gather within the wild country—wander from the center...
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The Art of Listening
From the Wild—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAWINTER MORNINGThe gray light of a waking day, the worldin heavy balances—seasonal, sleephanging onto yawn—reluctant mind,and eye,unready to...
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Moth Music
Atlas Moth—Poems by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Anonymous PhotosWHITMAN, MOTH, AND BUTTERFLY(i.m. Clive James, 1939-2019)Clive James, whatever sins you repented of,No doubt the world remembers you as the...
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Regifting the Sun
Buckeye —Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAJANUARY RENEWALS (a solo renga chain)sun lights the new year through buckeye branches leafless and gray, no birdsong but buckeye seeds burst...
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Keeper of Nightmares
—Poems by Linda Imbler, Wichita, Kansas—Anonymous Photos Courtesy of Linda ImblerINSENSATEA distracted, harried woman, on her way to work,Collided with a truck,Now an ersatz depiction of a sleeping...
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Enjoy the Scenery
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Anonymous Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeDragonflies rise in the slow heat. Sugar falls from their exquisite wings onto the waiting tongues of all creation. What...
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The Day I Silent Kept
—AnonymousTHE ART OF LISTENING—Jonathan Drane, Australia I knew something of conversation,or so I thought until I listened to another. Knew something of the talk, the sounds the chatter, But to...
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Playing President With a Tri-Sliced Pie
—Anonymous Pie PhotosEarly years filled with now. Control reigns supreme. No thoughts of tomorrow. Life is my oyster. Living the dream. Children grown. Few decisions now. Tomorrow is here. Can’t chew...
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The Hour Known As Love
Stream of Thought—Poems and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA TODAY I WON’T WRITE ABOUT ANYTHINGNot about—not about—just of. Just essence, slant, suggestion. I want the eloquent waves of...
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Spiral Galaxies Will Still Whorl
—Poems and Artwork by Norman J. Olson, Maplewood, MNnature poem #27 Blackbirds flutter in branches Which are black lines Hung with tattered Leaves. The west wind watches Swollen clouds that hang Like...
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Life's a Beach!
Neon Caffeine—Poems and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OHTHE SISYPHUS EFFECTI tried to tell herdon't get upstay in bedit's a scamanother reality trick they get you every timefirst you wake upthen you...
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Calling the Cat
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CASEDUCTION for Kitty-Souris Coyotes weave the ridge with polyphonic song. They call our cat. She loves the bones of small night creatures skittering...
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Borrowing Starlight
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Anonymous Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeHoly is the earth, holy is life. Humanity, yes, but also the other creatures, also the forest, sky, sea, soil. The turning...
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Looking the Other Way
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE—Denis Levertov (1923-1997) Genial poets, pink-faced earnest wits—you have given the world some choice morsels,gobbets of language...
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Hiding the False Heart
The Dismal—Artwork by Douglas Polk, Nebraska LONESOME—Douglas Polkfields of snow,far as the eye can see,lovely but lonesome,in the wind and the cold,childhood memories,duck, duck, goose,snowball...
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A Gracefulness of Lines
Hope, Springing Eternal—Poems and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATRUSTHope comes to me in the guise of a weeping maiden,stumbling toward me, face bent into her hands,having lost her way...
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