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Blowing Up the Bowling Alley
—Poetry by Caschwa (Carl Schwartz) and Joseph Nolan—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan GREAT IDEA —Caschwa, Sacramento, CAit was a really fabulous idea go to the bowling alley and make one...
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Fire of Truth
Filigree—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAENVIRONMENTALThe fake owl sits on the service station over-hang above the gas pumps on the corner of Franklin and Florin watching the city...
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Peace Trails
—Poetry by Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAJOHN MUIR, AT HOMEWe visit his Victorian home in Martinez, the serene homestead now an historic...
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Dreams at Midnight
—Poetry and Photos by Carol Louise Moon, Placerville, CAHER BELOVEDThe garden of the princess is revealed. Beneath a cloudy sky all is gained and nothing lost. Princess Shikishi, third daughter of...
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Waiting Out This Smoky Summer
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for FORM FIDDLERS' FRIDAY!! CALDOR FIRE I’ve never seen smoke like that, two tall towers rising from the cloud- anvil taller—by...
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Urban Zen in the Rust Belt
Urban Zen —Poetry and Photos by Joseph Balaz, Cleveland, OH RUST BELT BINGO Standing...
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Great Escape
Tortoise Just Awakened from Hibernation—Public Domain Poetry Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CATHE ADVENTURES OF A TURTLE—Russell Edson (1935-2014)The turtle carries his house on his back. He is...
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Dried Fruits & Half An Octopus
—Poetry by Caschwa (Carl Schwartz) and Joseph Nolan—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph NolanNo creatures from the sea or other-wheres wereharmed in the making of this blog. THROWN TO THE DOGS...
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The Frantic Dance of Being
Forestial—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAAWAY FROM CHILDHOODIn the red horse dream, there is no fear;they fly—over the small villagethat holds them away from the sky.In the dream, the...
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Building Bridges
Boomaraingbow—Poetry by Linda Klein, Playa Vista, CA—Photos by Carol Eve Ford, Kenai, AK CAVESYou should walk slowly when you enter a cave.Be sure to carry a lamp.The ground is likely to be...
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Upside Down & Inside Out
—Poetry and Original Art by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal, West Covina, CASTARE AT THE STARSDo you ever see the worldupside down and inside out?Do you ever train your eyesto look directly into the...
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Follow the Raven
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!! DARK-EYES Once upon a time those years ago I’d say goodbye to the juncos...
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Elephants in the Fancy Room
—Poetry by Michael H. Brownstein, Jefferson City, MO—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CA THE SET OF HER BODYI look at the set of her body, the style of range, the linoleum on...
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Dreaming of Guadalajara
THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL—John Ashbery (1927-2017)As I sit looking out of a window of the buildingI wish I did not have to write the instruction manual on the uses of a new metal.I look down into the...
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Too Late for Raspberries
—Poetry by Joseph Nolan, Michelle Kunert, Michael Ceraolo and Caschwa (Carl Schwartz)—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph NolanBLEACHED WOOD ON THE BEACH—Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAOh! The bleached...
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Muse of the Flowers
The Change That Will Change Again—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA THIRTEENI am playing dress-up in my mother’s wedding gown.I am posing in her mirror.I am wearing her lipstick and...
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The Wisdom of Trees
—Poetry by Kimberly Bolton, Jefferson City, MO—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAFULFILLING MY DUTYIn centuries of silence, with a heart of infinite patience,A tree grows.A...
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Visions
—Public Domain Photo—Poetry by William Zaranka A MIRROR DRIVEN THROUGH NATURE—William Zaranka (1926-2007)It’s six feet by six feet, the mirrorI help hoist into a pick up, Delivering it because he’s...
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Still Wrapped in Smoke
Latches —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!!SMELLING THE END OF SUMMER Imagine perfume of stubble fields before first rain. People are...
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9/11: 20 Years Later
—Public Domain Photo GROUND ZERO —Robert Creeley, Buffalo, NY What's after or before seems a dull locus now as if there ever could be more or less of what there is, a life lived just because it is a...
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