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Dreaming Into Space
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!DUPLEX We co-exist here in our separate rooms, kitchen, oak shade, hallway, back-hill rockpile. Kitchen...
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Before We had Drought
—Public Domain IllustrationAQUARIUS FAILS—Kathy Kieth, Diamond Springs, CAShe is supposed to contain the waterin her earthenware: supposed to pour it out slowly, gently over farmlandsand muddy deltas:...
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Making History
—Poetry by Russell Edson, 1928-2014—Public Domain ArtworkTHE LOVE AFFAIR One day a man fell in love with himself, and was unable to think of anything else but himself. Of course he was...
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Blind Squirrels and Long Division
Monday, Monday…—Poetry by Joseph Nolan, Michelle Kunert, Caschwa (Carl Schwartz), Michael Ceraolo—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAJUMPING BOUNDARIES—Joseph NolanI screamed...
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Stirring Up The Fog
Departure —Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA SUNRISE, SUNSETthis morning the red sun came uphung above two treescreated the new daywe took chances .we rescued a silver dogbut it was...
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Wind Dancers
—Poetry and Photos by Michael Lee Johnson, Itasca, ILVIRUS IN THE AIR, SPASMS IN MY BACK There's a virus in the air, but I can't see it.People are dying around me, but I can't save them.There are...
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Family
—Poetry by Linda Klein, Los Angeles, CA—Public Domain ArtworkTHE LIVE CHICKEN MARKETMy mother sent me with Aunt Doris, while she stayed home with my baby brother, Michael. I was five.In those days,...
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Here and Now
Loki and Her Pups—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday! SEARCHING THE GARAGE Loki leaves our closet of warm puppies heavy with milk. She...
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Moving Forward!
—Poetry by James D. DeHart, Chattanooga, TN—Public Domain PhotosMETAPHOR’S BEEN DONE BEFORE Of coursethe metaphor’s been donebeforeFace the sunWind the hairSmile the seaBut the metaphorhas been done...
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Time's Best Jewel
—Public Domain PhotosSONNET 65—William Shakespeare Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless seaBut sad mortality o’er-sways their power,How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,Whose action...
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Let Joy Begin!
Crocus—Poetry by Joseph Nolan and Caschwa (Carl Schwartz)—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CACLEAR GLASS VERSUS LOVE!—Joseph NolanHow brightly passesSunshine through Its...
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Love is Falling
By the Little River—Poetry and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE BETTER PART OF LOVEMuse with me while we gather light for a poem.We will read it later—tell each other what it...
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Poetry Cats
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CA—Poetry by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA WHY I WRITE POETRY BOOKS Heigh-ho! I write the books I write; How else to assemble the books I wish to...
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Stone Soup and a New Moon
Step One—Poetry by Russell Vidrick, Lady Smith, andSmith (Steven B. Smith)Cleveland, OH—Visuals by Smith it all startedwith fish, myfall from grace.tonight it iscold, but the lake is calmand just...
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Latches in Love
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!THE BOY WHO LOVES BLUE hunts sapphire dragonflies along the creek and searches for the turtle blue as...
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Apricot Blossoms!
—Public Domain Photos —Poems by Maik Strosahl, Bob Boldt, Cory Adamson, Kimberly Bolton, Blake Adamson, Michael H. Brownstein—all from Jefferson City, MOASHTAPADA—Maik StrosahlGautama would not...
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Chemistry
Sarcodes sanguinea (Snow Heart)—Pubic Domain Photos—Poetry by Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CAFIRST LOVE From kissing you, I learn chemistry, a mix of cocktail sauce and lemon. We eat jumbo shrimp,...
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Smiling in Buttercups
—Poetry by Sue Crisp, Joseph Nolan, Michael Ceraolo, Caschwa (Carl Schwartz)—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CA SURVIVAL—Sue Crisp, Shingle Springs, CAPeace and...
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Peace Be To The Morning
The Dark Dream—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA WHAT KEEPS ME AWAKEFrom one moment to another, change :RainWindNumbers clicking on the clockThe air in the roomChillThe dog dreams on...
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Shyest of Roses
—Poetry by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Public Domain PhotosLEADING-STRINGS Departed dear Jane Blue, poet, writes down the sadness it is to see dogs leashed, dogs like slaves, like prisoners, she opines....
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