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Poor Old World
Children Reaching for Petals—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE WHITE MOTHA small, white, fluttering moth waverspast the car and over the fence—and thereat the first weed-flower—hovers...
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Doing Good For Others
—Poetry by Linda Klein, Los Angeles, CA—Public Domain PhotosPOSSESSIONS(a sonnet)I packed a box with dad's books to give away,also his smoking pipes and humidor.His fine silk ties in a corner I...
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Fog and the Fat Cat
—Poetry by Catherine Fraga, Sacramento, CA—Public Domain PhotosTHE BODY COLLECTORIf you asked him,which you won’tbecause the questionis trapped for eternityin your throat,he would nod yes,he remembers...
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Delicate as Old Lace
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And Form Fiddlers’ Friday, too!FIELD CHERITAIn the sun-burnt field of dead grassesyou searched a field guidefor this living green just openingin...
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Accommodating the Dream People
—Poetry by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeThe COVID virus, like nightfall, is making its way around the world. I can only just manage to not give in to fear,...
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A Raisin in the Sun
—Public Domain PhotoHARLEM —Langston Hughes (1902-1967)What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it...
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Balance is Key
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAQUICK FIXES —Sue Crisp, Shingle Springs, CAA little duct tape here,a little duct tape...
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Tomorrow We Will Find The Moon
Beyond the Word—Poetry and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAFOX, GOING EXTINCTAfter The Fox’s Curiosity by Ellen JewellLooking for the words,shy in the eyes of fox— enclosed in a nettle of...
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Imperfect Yet Fabulous
—Poetry by Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA—Public Domain "Angels of Color" Stock IllustrationsCALIFORNIA HOUR GLASS(Before and After the Turning) (dedicated to Carol Frith, a...
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Twenty-Three to Twenty-One
Chester A. Arthur, 1829-1886U.S. President, 1881-1885—Letter Poem by Michael Ceraolo, S. Euclid, OhioHere are two from [Michael’s collection], Twenty-Three to Twenty-One. Michael writes that it is so...
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Alive With Words
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!POEMS IN THE PASTURE The wooden gate says No Beach Access, so far from ocean crowds. Our open circle’s...
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A Glove Filled With Music
—Poetry by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeSomething rises out of the east, a new day, like an idea being formed, like a child being born. Light in the sky....
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Spun Glass and Black Jade
THE FISH —Marianne Moore (1887-1972)wade through black jade. Of the crow-blue mussel-shells, one keeps adjusting the ash-heaps; opening and shutting...
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The Sun Will Rise
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Joseph NolanCREEKSIDE —Sue Crisp, Shingle Springs, CA Remembering the days of my youth,laying creekside in the sun,...
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Tower of Words
Saga—Poetry and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CABLUE DOORSI think I’ll go away—find me a new place to be—somewhere blue, with a blue door—a blue seashore on one side—and a blue mountain...
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Wrapping Sound Around Me
—Poetry by Linda Klein, Los Angeles, CA—Public Domain PhotosSOUNDI love sound. When I hear it,I want to chase and ensnare it,to place it here, near my heart.Its astonishing echo resoundswith no...
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In the Temple of the Echo
The Book of Poetry—Poems and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OHJUNKY LUVMy eyes slither open, shutIn golum time my tongueRasps brown lizardsAs I hiss my want of youIn careful solitudeO my preciousssSleep...
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Waiting in Thanks
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAGOLDEN MOMENTS We’re waiting creekside, Bella Rose and I, for her people. A hot day, but shady along dry creek under live-oak, wild plum, buckeye. I...
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The Garden That We Grow Together
The Jobes—Poetry and Family Photos by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CAWe plant a garden every spring, my wife and I, our hands in the soil. My hands are large, hers are smaller, but together we do the work as...
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As Turtle Watches
Sorenson Creek with Bears, Oregon—Poetry and Photos by Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CACACHE CREEK NATURE PRESERVE, JANUARYHigh on a hill, the roan stallion whisks his tail, Small planes drone north,...
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