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Like Snow
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 12, 2001—Breyten Breytenbach, Paris, France"Then it went dark. Real dark. Like snow." —Words of a Survivor will the hand endure moving over this...
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Getting a Life and a Dog
—Poetry by Joseph Nolan and Carl Schwartz—Photos of Sacramento’s “Chalk It Up” byMichelle Kunert, Sacramento, CAMOBILE-HOME PARKS AND LAMPREY-EELS—Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAWhy should we...
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Residue
The Sun and the Sea and the Land—Poetry and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE RESIDUEthe burnt trees—hillsides—here and there a roof-top,scorched but savedand the sky—thick with wind-borne...
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Unconditional Love
Itsy Bitsy—Photo by Michelle Kunert —Poetry by Michelle Kunert, Sacramento, CA My parents’ neighbors’ outdoor calico cat, Itsy Bitsy, “worships” me by begging for affectionate attention...
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Drawing Down
—Poetry and Visuals by Smith (Steven B. Smith), Cleveland, OH MY CHILDREN OF THE METrapped in a bad B-movieno director, no screen writerno dressing room, paycheck or release datebad actors frothing...
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The Forest Will Be Back
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for FORM FIDDLERS’ FRIDAY!!MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME The orders sent chills: evacuate NOW! Coming from the west over the summit, a...
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Primordial Dreams
Gravediggers from Shakespeare's Hamlet—Poetry by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Photos and Artwork Courtesy of Public DomainREPLY TO ROBINSON JEFFERS (HIS PREFACE TO TAMAR, 1923) I. With this I agree: verse...
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Don't You Think?
—Public Domain PhotoSONG FOR AUTUMN—Mary Oliver (1935-2019)In the deep fallof air and the endless freshets of wind? And don’t you think the trees themselves, especially those with mossy, warm caves,...
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Look, Ma! Lots of Teeth!
—Poetry by Michael Ceraolo, Joseph Nolan, Caschwa (Carl Schwartz), and Mark Twain—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph NolanModern Olympian Ode #54 (1904): "If You Aint' Cheatin', You Ain't...
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Feisty Horse and the Comfort-Cat
A Gentleness About It—Poetry and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAMORNING PROCEDUREThe cat has been strokedand has left my lap to thelamplight in the dark morning.Hum of early traffic begins...
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Summer's End
“…love is what they are and where they go.”—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CA POEM OF SUMMER’S END—James Merrill (1926-1995)The morning of the equinoxBegins with brassy clouds...
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Tangled Eden
Mists and Tendrils—Photo by Carol Eve Ford MERCED: THE RIVER AND THE ROCK—A Poem with Photos by Carol Eve Ford, Kenai, AKI. She rises earlyin mists and tendrils from the restless Pacific, pulls...
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Clear Shot Into Autumn
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!! THE PIT STOPSpark plugs failing, too far from home to walk;a fixit shop in rusty-age’s best.Car jolted...
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Whoring in Paradise
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window—Painting by Johannes Vermeer, 1659ON VERMEER’S GIRL READING A LETTER AT AN OPEN WINDOW After “A Vermeer Restoration Reveals a God of Desire” —N.Y. Times,...
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Hanging Ten on the Left Coast
—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CA CALIFORNIA COAST —A Poem Suite by Gerard Sarnat, San Francisco, CA i. Annotated Coast-To-Coast “Garbage Time”* HourglassLast year gotta...
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Is It Sukkot Already?
—Poetry by Joseph Nolan and Caschwa (Carl Schwartz)—Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolanand Michelle KunertASSESSING AN EMPTIED TOWN—Joseph NolanMaybe all the lights are down?Maybe there’s no-one home?...
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Midnight Pen and Paper
Music of the Spheres—Poetry and Original Art by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAFULL MOON, MIDNIGHT July 25/26, 1999Today it still is summer, last night cool enough to think about the change of season still...
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Looking Back
—Poetry by Linda Klein, Playa Vista, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAWORDSWords are multi-faceted jewels.They can be blunt or sharp tools,used to express feelings and...
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Trying to Restore Ourselves
—Photo by Gerard Sarnat—Poetry by Gerard Sarnat, San Francisco, CA—Photos Courtesy of Gerard Sarnat and Joseph NolanEDIBLE PRE-BREAKFAST AUGUST WALKFour generations’ traditionInterrupted last...
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Farewell September (Are We Set For The Fall?)
Early Fall Turkey Congregation —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers' Friday! SEPTEMBER GHAZAL Near autumn, oak leaves are ready to fall— and are we...
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