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Palaces and Ice Dragons
—Poetry by Marie Asner and Harold Asner, Overland Park, KS—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CABY INVITATION ONLY—Marie AsnerAs we near our destination, ice is on the path.“Go...
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Lurching Toward February
—Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Cashwa (Carl Schwartz), Joe Nolan—Public Domain Photos by Joe Nolan“OUR 114-YEAR-OLD HOUSE” —Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales, UKWhy do we point, our agèd...
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Creaky Old Homes
Fourteen Meanings—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA HOMELAND Come to the hawk land.Bring bones.Wear necklaces of teeth.Watch for the slippery shadows.You will become...
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Catching Pigeons
—Poetry by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Artwork Courtesy of Public Domain PIGEON-CATCHING[Chopin’s] own bearing at the keyboard…was quiet, almost immobile. —Alan Walker, Fryderyk Chopin...
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Angels and Saints
—Poetry and Artwork by Douglas Polk, Kearney, NEPRACTICE life at 62, reminds me of football practice,when I was young,drills done to learn to fight the pain and ache,of weak muscles,and undisciplined...
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Her Words Take Wings
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down to FORM FIDDLERS’ FRIDAY!!NIGHT DELIVERYfrom Frank O’Hara’s “Having a Coke with you”The moon was half and dark, partlyshadow...
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You'll Be Alright
—Poetry, Artwork and Photos by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal, West Covina, CAAUTUMN TAKES HOLDAfter Will CarletonThese mellow daysleave me in a daze,listless, wandering,floating as a cloud.Like...
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Oh Yes, They Danced
—Art by Enrique—Poetry by Michael Brownstein, Jefferson City, MO FOR MY SISTER, LORI--She will be missed.She was beautifuleven when she was not—brillianteven when she pretended not to be—a huge...
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Down Yer Upside (or is that Up Yer Downside?)
Night Wolf —Poetry by Michael Ceraolo, Joe Nolan, Stephen Kingsnorth and Caschwa (Carl Schwartz)—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan and Stephen KingsnorthSHOOTING STAR (a Playlet)—Michael...
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Whispering For Rain
Perversity of Intent—Poetry and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA WRATHLightning strikes the sea which writhesand the sky recoilsand the whole sky is tornand there is the thrill of fury...
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Reaching For Stars
—Poetry by Linda Klein, Playa Vista, CA LIFE SPACEBetween birth and deatha horizon divides earth and sky,a scant space called life.Appearing deceptively expansivein youth, in all truth,each life...
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Their Only Crime is Words
—Poetry Courtesy of Michael Lee Johnson, Itasca, IL—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Michael Lee Johnson and Joe Nolan POETS DIE Why do poets die;linger in youthaddicted to death.They create...
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Going Off-Trail
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down for FORM FIDDLERS’ FRIDAY!!WHO? Just off-trail, this huge black scat full of grape remains—rain-washed contours blurredwho...
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That Wolf Moon Sky
Full Wolf Moon in Cancer I—Poetry by Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CA—Photos by Chris FeldmanASCENTI venture up the open staircasemy breath shallow, too fastsomewhere up therethrough, beyond the opening...
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Winter Circus
—Poetry by Harold and Marie Asner, Overland Park, KS—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainDIVINE HUMOR—Marie AsnerLate again when the battery in my clockran down and I forgot to iron my blouse so have to...
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Valentines, Presidents and Whoop-ass
Peacock in Love—Poetry by Michael Ceraolo, Stephen Kingsnorth, Caschwa (Carl Schwartz), and Joe Nolan—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan MODERN OLYMPIAN ODE #57: (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,...
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Red Persuasion
No Compromise —Poems and Original Art and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CASPEAKING IN BLOODThe words are all red this morning, red for love, and lack of love, and for the word itself. Look how...
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Dark Boxes
Medusa, by Peter Paul Rubens, possibly with Frans Snyders (Flanders), 1618—Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Stephen Kingsnorth MEDUSA: BEAUTY...
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On the Edge of Thrum
1eye —Poetry and Visuals by Smith (Steven B. Smith), Cleveland, OHHalf moon in skyone bird flyingit never ends streetface The siren of flashing lightsrace across the bridgein fogplaying hide and...
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Realm of Living Green
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down to FORM FIDDLERS’ FRIDAY!!CAMP WITH ORGAN PIPESWe stopped under a flank of cinder cone,desert sand wind-scraped for a...
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