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The Wind's Voice
Spirit Leaf—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA THE COVE After Wash Day on the Maine Coast by N.C. Wyeth, 1934 Upon the hill the winds are fierce and loud.The bending woman scrubs the...
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Fragments of the World
Stone Garden—Poems by JD DeHart, Chattanooga, TN—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CAFRAGMENTS OF THE WORLDmoments floated past meas I walked the old courtyardphotos suspended in the airimages of a younger...
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Push Back / Move Aside
Giant Technicolor Squirrel—Poems by Len Germinara, Elk Grove, CA—Anonymous PhotosSUNDAY 2pm We are live outside the home Police and investigators Are on scene As the world mourns The death of Kobe...
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Valentines to Warm Those Chilly Hearts
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAEVER-LIVING GREEN Sun-shimmer morning after rain—time for oracles in the mossy woods, green-folk performing secret ballet rites-of-spring then...
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Embrace Me
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Anonymous Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeI live in the Sacramento Valley, it is tremendous; it goes on and on. Each of us here walks through the valley the same...
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A Past President's Poem for Presidents' Day
Barack ObamaPOP—Barack ObamaSitting in his seat, a seat broad and broken In, sprinkled with ashes, Pop switches channels, takes another Shot of Seagrams, neat, and asks What to do with me, a green...
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Lost Keys & The North Wind
Now What?—Anonymous Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAKEY —Kevin Jones, Elk Grove, CANot lost, There in plain Sight, in the Ignition Of the locked Car, Again, Waiting for The Triple A Driver...
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Thorned, And Petaled Soft
Golden Thirst—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAQUESTTo begin this odyssey, we gave away all we owned,kept our map in a secret place, and memorized whatwe could of it to dispel our growing...
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Pioneer Woman
—Poems by Kimberly Bolton, Jefferson City, MO—Anonymous Photos TINTYPE OF A PIONEER WOMANLet me tell you ‘bout this here woman,name of Rhody Hall.She was a pioneer woman if ever there was one.Rhody was...
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Nine Quickies
New Era—Poems and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OHThere’re three mes in me: skin, brain, and bone and none of them will leave me alone I EyeMingus our magicwe mingle our meld both modeand modality...
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Finding the Lost
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CACARABINER It’s snap-jawed, metal-cold and silvery-slim. It taught me rappelling: You’re going to step backwards off this cliff; I’m your link between...
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Death is a Rainbow
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Anonymous Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeWhat we have,And what we have not.These poems are fairly worthless; a houseMade of twigs, mud, and thistles. The good...
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As The Pearls Of Morning's Dew
—Anonymous PhotoTO DAFFODILS—Robert Herrick (1591-1674) Fair Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day...
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Message in a Bottle
—Anonymous Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAMESSAGE IN A BOTTLE—Joseph NolanAt issue Was a messageFrom a bottle.It said SomeoneWas strandedOn a desert isle.It might have beenFrom Gilligan,...
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Disguises and Enigmas
Facade —Poems and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA DISGUISESThere she is again, my mother, showing up in somebody else’s photos or poems—somebody else’s life that sounds like mine.How...
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Fair Winds and Following Seas
St. Peter’s Chapel, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA—Poems by Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA—Anonymous PhotosLIGHTLY, AND WITH COLORSuddenly I feel all that joy can offer.Harsh winds change coursewhen they meet...
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Misty Trees
—Poems and Photos by Carol Louise Moon, Placerville, CATHERE IS A FAR DISTANCEBETWEEN HERE AND MISTY TREESIn this winter of green upon green, seeds still remain—a root, a bed, a love made easier...
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Chasing Life
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAA DOG’S LIFE You build your fences high to keep me in, and talk of man’s dominion over beast; you lead me snapped on leash to walk the creek beneath a...
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One Soul
Mandala —Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeThe blue night above the cold water of the lake. The white moon, alone against the black sky. Not a star to be seen. Quiet....
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That Unending Need . . .
—AnonymousEXISTENTIALIST PACK-RAT—Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CA You might thinkYou hadSomething to loseIf you let This go: A core fromThe heart ofAn apple,The unspent seedYou did not sow,The beautiful...
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