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Don't Let Nightmares . . .
Dreaming of the Seashore—Public Domain PhotoHOW SOME THINGS BEGIN—Michael H. Brownstein, Jefferson City, MOWe walk away from ourselvesthe climb up the stairs too heavy,heat burning our features into...
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It Is What It Is
Shelter in Place—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAAWAKE TO LISTENThe birds felt the early hour and began their singing, a music of notes that took over the silence and the sleep—and...
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Sea-soning
Hello, This is My Cello, Cecily—Poems and Photos of Oregon Coast by Janet L. Pantoja, Woodinville, WA MUSICALLY DISTANCEDA lonecello intones . . .plays unaccompaniedBach, Corelli, Handel, The Swan . ....
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Words of a Feather
—Poems and Photos by Carol Louise Moon, Placerville, CABIRDS OF A FEATHERA word,unwords,words unheard.What’s worse isextinct words,words of non-distinction.Words unheard of,“of” as a word,or “if”—as...
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Natural Hungers
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!CLOUDS OVER CLINIC Enforced segregation by 6-ft distances x-marked on concrete, we’re together apart, a...
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The Work of Living
—Poetry by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee Jobe Every morning I give my parakeet and my conure fresh birdseed. They make their happy sounds and enjoy some...
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Regaining My Voice
—Poetry by Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CA—Photos by Chris FeldmanDARK ODE TO OVULATIONblinding sunblack exhausteight lanes rushto nowhereI huddle in the dusta bus stophugged by shrubstheir coral berries...
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Staying Cool
—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CARADICALS—Joseph NolanHe who was a radical,They said he was a radical.Why was he a radical?Is a radical Good or bad?What makes someoneA...
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Where Am I Missing The Boat?
Before Dark—Poetry and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAAN OCCASIONAL OWLI have seen an occasional owl—or think I have—a swift gray shape at dusk.A whisper of wing-sound? Imagination?But...
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Patience Is The Poetry of Love
—Poetry By Michael Lee Johnson, Itasca, IL—Photos Courtesy of Michael Lee Johnson FLOWER GIRL(Tears in Your Eyes)Poems are hard to createthey live, then die, walk alone in tears,resurrect in family...
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Believe!
—Poetry by Lanser Howard, Sacramento, CA—Public Domain Artwork PAIN Pain. You don’t know what pain is. Yet you write about it. You must be there to know. Your imagination can’t help you with some...
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In Sore Need Of Angels
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday! TRAIL Favorite word. On-trail—moving along, not there yet. Leaving is always better than arriving....
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Your Life Is A Boat
—Poetry by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeClose your eyes. Empty sky. Now picture a hole in that sky where new dreams drip down. Like rain. Can you see it? Now...
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Missing
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Joseph NolanBEI HENNEF—D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) The little river twittering in the twilight, The wan, wondering look of the pale sky, This is...
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Scraping Off The Barnacles
—Painting by Norman J. OlsonON MEMORIES AND FINGER MOVEMENTS—Norman J. Olson, Maplewood, MNmemories, green asWisconsin grass, drizzlethrough the gray folds of my brain… hurricaneswhisper and wince on...
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Shadows of Pull and Resistance
Untitled—Poetry and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAWEB OF SUNLIGHT “Your own shadow sits in silent study” —Charles Simic (Night Picnic, p. 37)You sit in...
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Dionysian Secrets
—Poetry by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Public Domain Images of Dionysus“SHAKESPEARE’S” CAMCORDER(Eidetic memory, traced in “Shakespeare” by Dr. Eliot Slater)* Edward de Vere lies restless in his bed.He...
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Watching For The Heron
—Poetry by J.D. DeHart, Chattanooga, TN—Public Domain PhotosHERONI wish you could havebeen there to see the large birdgo flapping through the trees.I think it was a heron, but it mighthave been a stork...
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Whose Land Is This?
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers' Friday!SEED OF THE WEEK TV news: seed-packets not ordered arrive in the mail. Random act of kindness, agro-eco...
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What Do I Want?
—Poetry by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeIt was Spring when Pos Moua climbed the Karst Mountains, and the earth below bloomed as he climbed. ~...
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