Shadow of a Bear
 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday!IT MIGHT BE   You wake from napping.Was that a kiss on the cheek?or the cat’s whiskers,a stray lilt...
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 —Poetry by Petar Penda, Bosnia and Herzegovina—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CA THE QUIVERI wake up with the inner quiver,Thousand possibilities as in my twenties,Glamorous...
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 Mammatus Over the Monongahela—Photos by Chris Feldman—Poetry by Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CA—Original Artwork by Ann Wehrman   HOLDING IT TOGETHERin your photolines of mammatus cloudsfill soft, beige...
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  Lion Pride—Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth, Mary Lynne McGrath, Michael Ceraolo, Sayani Mukherjee, Caschwa, Joe Nolan —Public Domain Visuals Courtesy of Joe NolanThe window’s closedto shut...
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 Holding Time Like That—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam,Sacramento, CASONG THREEWhat can you knowof music and windand the vital sea.I am all three.Come to my placesand suffer wherethe loneliest...
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  —Poetry by Michael Pollentine,Newport, S. Wales, United Kingdom—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain GUTTEROn my streetOutsideThe law firmSitsA constantObtuseAnd belligerentAston MartinWith parking...
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 Image by Eveline de Bruin—Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Stephen Kingsnorth UP THE WALLToe curling, will he get a gripor slip, through sweat...
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 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday! WINDFALLWind is the storythis morning—spooky north-windof red flag warning.In Summer’s gardenLadybug...
View ArticleWatching Hulu
 —Poetry by Dan Flore III, Philadelphia, PA—Dandelion Photos Courtesy of Public Domain OUT OF OUR MINDS ON A PLEASANT SUNDAY AFTERNOON I like the guy across the streetI think he’s a vet but I can’t be...
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   Nolcha's Grandparents and Aunt —Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Buffalo, WY —Public Domain PhotosCourtesy of Nolcha Fox MISSINGfor my grandparentsTheir smiles are bleachedfrom the photo baked brown.They...
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 You don’t have to sing, just becausethey tell you to…—Poetry by Kyle Hemmings, Claire J. Baker, Sayani Mukherjee, Stephen Kingsnorth, Caschwa, Joe Nolan, Nolcha Fox—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of...
View ArticleLife Still Wants Life
 When Time is Time—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam,Sacramento, CABECOMING THE IMAGEI am a water lily, floating upon a dream,my petals breathe,the air is green   the light is cool, I feel little...
View ArticleWashing My Hair at the Sink
 Larry Houston —Poetry by Larry Houston, N. CarolinaBOSSMANBossman drinks beer every Saturday nightin a t-shirtblue jeans and shitkicker bootswhite hair like a roosterstanding up on his headstaggering...
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 —Poetry by Joseph Gant, New JerseyPANCAKEDI sit in a booth
at the Salem Oak diner
the seats are off-pink vinyl
a tired hooker's lipstick
waitresses with neck tattoos
carry steaming plates
of other...
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 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday!!D.E. BEFORE SUNRISEI’m up early to watch night dim to daylight before Sun and landscape compose...
View ArticleHearts Rinsed in Gold
 Sacred Heart—Photo by Cynthia Linville—Poetry by Cynthia Linville, Rocklin, CA—Sylvan Cemetery Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CARINSED IN GOLDDiamonds falldrop by dropfrom the hot blue sky.This slow...
View ArticleMessages of Eternity
 Croix de Guerre—Poetry by Jack D. Harvey, Delmar, NY—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainCROIX DE GUERRELet me tell youchiefs and chefs,I don’t know,haven’t the faintest idea,how to accept all this...
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—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Nolcha Fox—Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Caschwa, Stephen Kingsnorth, Sayani Mukherjee, Michael Ceraolo, Joe Nolan—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan and Nolcha FoxI...
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 Runes—Poetry, Photos and Original Artworkby Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA AS SHE CUTS MY HAIRI starefor a long timeat the three buds of rosesthen realize    they are madeof sea shells     I thoughtthey...
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 —Poetry by John Yamrus, Pennsylvania—Artwork Courtesy of Public Domainafter the reading,    a reporter for the student paper asked me what career i would take if i wasn’t a writer.i looked at him and...
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