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Sharps, Flats, & Tricky Modulations
—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CACATS ATOP FENCE—Joseph NolanA big, fat cat,Squatted, Just like that,On top of a fenceAnd said to his rival,“Come no closer.This is my private...
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In My Garden
Artiste—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE ABSTRACT LIGHTWoman sitting in the gardenin stippled light,in artist pose.The abstract lightplays with her face,her thoughts, her...
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A Life in Black and White
—Poems by Kelley Jean White, Philadelphia, PA—Photos from The Frosted Fox Cake Shop bu Kelley Jean WhiteI SEND YOU ICE. I SEND YOU LIGHT. The ice is still in. Breaking up but I do not believe there...
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My Temporary Home
—Poems by Sue Crisp, Shingle Springs, CA—Public Domain Graphics Courtesy of Sue CrispTWILIGHT EYESMisty moon-glow as the gibbousmoon moves skyward through ahaze of wispy clouds.Tentacles of light seep...
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Reports from the Wild Garden
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CATHE CRYSTAL RANGEThrough his windshield he gazes past the greenof forest ridges to the snowy peaks.He used to walk there. Yes, he’s been, he’s...
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The Dance Without Dancers
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeYou must have taken the wrong road. You have arrived at a place where people eat filth And live in pens, Like pigs....
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Bastard Flowers
WEEDS—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) White with daisies and red with sorrel And empty, empty under the sky!— Life is a quest and love a quarrel— Here is a place for me to lie.Daisies...
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Hello, Mother-Ship!
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Sue CrispTHOUGHTS—Sue Crisp, Shingle Springs, CAThe old rancher sat lost in thought,his head wreathed in cigarette smoke,trying to squash his annoyance for being so...
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Those Lovely Weeds
Daylight Savings Time—Poems and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA SAFARI old car trapped in weedstwisting sideways like a wreckso dusty and hot to sit inpretending...
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Stumbling Into Grace
Blue Window—Photo by Chris Moon, Jacksonville, FL—Poems by Deborah Bachels Schmidt, El Sobrante, CASTUMBLING INTO GRACE“Such a clumsy child,” they said,especially after that big growth spurt,when the...
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Where the Thyme Blows
—Poems and Photos by Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CA SHAKESPEARE’S GARDEN I know a bank where the thyme blows where oxlips grow with sweet musk, roses with eglantine.* Packets brought by my daughter...
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A Weed Or Not A Weed?
Wild-Plum —Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAWEBBER GRADEAt the dingy end of wintera young man is walkingthe creek grade out of town.He’s hunched dark under daypackdim against early...
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Waves on a Rocky Beach
—Poems and Photos by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CADarken the day until it becomes night,Empty yourself of old sorrows.It isn't just mankind that cries.This isn't a complaint, just the truth.The garden of...
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Sláinte
DiggingDIGGING—Seamus Heaney Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father,...
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A Pandemic of Poetry!
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CASOCIAL DISTANCING—Joseph NolanThere are dreams afoot, And worries, too.The air Is thick with fear!For the first time,Store-shelves are...
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Green Tango
Unbroken —Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CACONTENTEDThe old fat couple lived in a tiny housewith their fat white cat who caught no mousebut ate and slept throughout its years.The old fat...
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Banishing Misfortune
—Poems by Deborah Bachels Schmidt, El Sobrante, CA—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain King David's LyreTHE SILENCE OF JÄRVENPÄÄAfter thirty-four operas,Rossini withdrew to Bologna and wrote almost...
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The Lies of Monkeys
The Lies of Monkeys (and Others) by Smith—Plus a Bonus by Michael H. Brownstein, Celebrating the Vernal Equinox! Capitalizm—Poems and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OHGOOD MORNINGRising before...
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Viral Poetry
Rain! —Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CANEW VENUES (Gwawdodyn Hir)This pandemic season’s crowned with care—routine schedules cancelled everywhere.We dare not meet—neither here nor...
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What's Next?
—Poems by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeEarly morning, my wife is still sleeping. From the park across the street I can hear a crow yelling. It is as if it is...
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