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Untasted Mangos!
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!SHEEP ADRIFT Old Nissan pickup labored up our drive; woman and boy jumped out; woman charged with...
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Too Tiny, Too Large
James Lee Jobe —Poetry by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA It is the very moment of dawn and you are in a winter forest. You are rich in cedar, pine and fir trees. First light filtering through the green...
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Me 'n the Movies
—Poetry by Jay Passer, San Francisco, CA—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainTHE MACHINIST her left eyelisted mightily and Ilost 75 lbs for the role.plus, we both carried knives.it was love.but it only...
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Autumn Comes
Goodbye to Summer—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CATHE QUEEN OF ANGELS ON ALL SAINTS DAY —Cynthia Linville, Lincoln, CA She surfs the clouds, knees bent head centered over...
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The Climb
—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA FRAMEWORKAfter “Father becomes a scaffolding” —Poem by Ruth DaigonFather becomes a scaffolding on which we climb toward our tallest...
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Who Will Guard?
—Poetry by Jean Jones, Wilmington, NC —Artwork Courtesy of Public DomainTWO WITCHESOne woman desires what I desire, and will do anything and go anywhere to find it; However, she is a liar and cannot...
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That Amber Autumn Moon
—Poetry by Carol Louise Moon, Placerville, CA—Photos of Bronze Sculptures Near the Scrubs Café on the Veterinary School Campus, U.C. Davis, by Carol Louise Moon PRIMAL YELLOW This night the amber...
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Autumn Hills
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!WILDWOOD EQUINOX The smoky-gold moon sets through oak, last-of-summer brittled to fall. A window of sky...
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Dance Partners
Leap of Faith—Poetry by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee Jobe It’s the last month of spring and the flowers are talking among themselves. The bottoms of my feet...
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Her Prayer Has Wings
—Poetry by Marchell Dyon, Chicago, IL—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain A BLACK WOMAN’S PRAYER (For Katie) Like tattered sails, She unfolds her handsHands full of tears See her as...
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The Season of Old Light
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy ofJoseph Nolan, Stockton, CAONE LUNAR NIGHT IN OCTOBER—Kimberly Bolton, Jefferson City, MO Night bumps day off the calendar way too early for my liking. The orb of the...
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Entering the Mirror
Through the Meaning—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAMISFORTUNEMisfortune—that old hag, her gleaming presence,what she wears to introduce herself, those semi-precious birds she keeps on...
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Castle Beekeep
—Poetry by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain OF PRIVILEGEI. Its AbusesIf eyes in photos are “windows of human soul,”Look into the gaze of lost Breonna TaylorOr George Floyd,...
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Puccini Had It Right
—Poetry by Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CA—Photos by Chris Feldman MUSHROOMSwhite caps like Chinese straw hatsnew, still soft as satin pale rose centers, tiny breastslean left, right like gossiping...
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The End of Lies
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers' Friday! OUR WEATHER Smoke weights the air in our lungs as if by some dire decree unstated but divined. The end...
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Tossing Away Your Name
—Poetry by James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of James Lee JobeEvery morning the sweet light of a new day tops the Sierra Nevada Mountains to my east. At dusk the day slips off...
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Tracks
—Poetry by Michael E. Strosahl, Jefferson City, MO—Pubic Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CALOVE SHACK (TIN ROOF RUSTED) Mostly I remember the rain as it pounded down the roof, a bolt...
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This Pactolian Season
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Sue CrispPACTOLIAN: Golden, Lavish—Sue Crisp, Shingle Springs, CAstreaks of gilded cloudspactolian setting sunfiery seascape glow wings on thermal airpactolian...
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Becoming What We Are
Pathos—Poetry and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAOF THE MOONThe gold water drowns into the night,the light of the moon…Save me, says the full moon, orange and low.I hold out my hands to...
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Put Away All Mirrors
—Poetry by Sam Barbee, Winston-Salem, NC—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainTHE GRAY STONE The man who had always enjoyed listeningwoke up with a third ear. He was upset, because he had...
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