What The Heck ??
—Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Caschwa (Carl Schwartz), Jean Jones, Joseph Nolan—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan and Michelle KunertTO HELL WITH IT !—Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth,...
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The Vertigo Of Life—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA THE CLAMORING OF THE BIRDSAfter Frans Snyders (1579-1656), The Birds’ Concert It was the gathering of the birdsin a thrashing...
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Ox Farming in Delhi —Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales —Photos by Stephen Kingsnorth, as well as Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CA (Public Domain) MEETING DELHIWe drop...
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—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CAThe Merry Bombadils Chapter of the Missouri State Poetry Society presents 7 poems of 7 different five-line poetry forms, a chapter project...
View ArticleLetters From The Forest
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And scroll down for Form Fiddlers' Friday!!CORRESPONDENCESOn this chilly old-year morning, just past winter solstice, I walk among our oaks.A...
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Trash Day—Photo by Chris Feldman—Poetry by Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CA—Photos by Chris Feldman and Ann Wehrman TAKING OUT THE RECYCLINGI trudge to the recycling bincarrying paper bags, washed cans,...
View ArticleAnother Drink With An Umbrella, Please
—Poetry by Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Lake Eliot, Ontario, Canada—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joseph Nolan, Stockton, CATHE LEANER For someone so out of the loop,she’s all over everything,leaning...
View ArticleAngry Winter Nights—Still!
—Original Artwork by Norman J. Olson, Maplewood, MN—Poetry by Steven Kingsnorth, Caschwa (Carl Schwartz), Michelle Kunert, Joseph Nolan AFFRONT —Steven Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales,...
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Tuesday's Rose—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAWHEN PARADISE BURNED, we thought it was the storm, the angry winds, the slowness of realization, the stunnedwonderment, how long it took...
View ArticleCrimes of Passion
—Poetry by Linda Klein, Playa Vista, CA—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain A CRIME OF PASSIONA descending sun sparks shades of purple and bluein the trees and bushes alongside the canal, a floral...
View ArticleWhere Does the Red Brick Go?
Lucite Love—Poetry and Visuals by Smith (Steven B. Smith), Cleveland, OH Greylight morningwife asleep in chaircat asleep on manteldog asleep on floorfire danceslow rain on roofcaffeine in handcannabis...
View ArticleRemember Stormy Nights?
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down for Form Fiddlers’ Friday!!LISTEN TO THE RAIN, YOU SAY, THE WINDA symphony of storm, you saywhile the wind flails rain and oak...
View ArticleA Flint-Strewn Path
—Poetry by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain DÊÍPHOBOS(Iliad, Book 22)[Hektor’s ghost:]Brother Illusion, you stand alongside meOutside the Skaean Gates, our Troy-town wallsWith...
View ArticleBurning My Yearnings
—Poetry and Photos by Ann Privateer, Davis, CA GRATITUDE FOR GRANDPASWho let me hang outWith them While they fixed thingsOne worked at the zooBefore retiringOne was a street cleanerThough I learned...
View ArticleStill Chasing Buses
Two Buses, London—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Stephen Kingsnorth—Poetry by Joe Nolan, Steven Kingsnorth, Michelle Kunert,Michael Ceraolo, Caschwa (Carl Schwartz)—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of...
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Watching—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CASLEEPING WITH STRANGERSon the bus . . . the long night droning by on its wheels . . . on its sleep . . . the passengers sagging into each...
View ArticleWhat Would Ovid Say?
—Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Stephen Kingsnorth and Joe Nolan, Stockton, CA SUMMIT NEGOTIATIONSAt the cake bazaar,annual in the village...
View ArticleMoose and Manifest Destiny
Over My Shoulder —Photo by Carol Eve Ford, Kenai, AK—Poetry by Carol Eve Ford and Carol Louise Moon—Photos Courtesy of Carol Eve Ford and Carol Louise Moon SHE WAS ANGEL; SHE WAS WAXED WING—Carol...
View ArticleBlessings of the Beasts
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA —And then scroll down for FORM FIDDLERS’ FRIDAY!!CUBICLE TRICUBE What is thispunishmentinside walls?Outside sunis castingbright shadows.A free...
View ArticleSeekers
—Poetry by Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CASEEKERS….Seekers of the exotic, riders of water and wind, shapers of jewels, jet planes & jazz,builders of bridges &...
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