Here in the Where and When
 Space-Time Continuum—Poetry and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OHI often know when I'm in the whereseldom where I'm in the whenBut mostly it's duck water, dark dollarsand turtles all the way downPlus...
View ArticleOur Poor, Sunburnt Land
 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday!!WHAT’S IMPORTANTIt’s four in the morning. Does Rooster crowon account of the full Sturgeon...
View ArticleFacing the Sun
 —Poetry, Photos and Artwork by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal, West Covina, CATHURSDAY MORNING SUNThursday morning sunis round and bright.It spreads its lightall over town.I can feel it onmy back and I...
View ArticleLike a Cat's Paw
 —Poetry by John Tustin, Myrtle Beach, SC—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainAN ALCHEMISTYour life is the life of an alchemistThat lives in the tortoiseshell of a realist.I am a poet and poets cannot live...
View ArticleDeaths and Little Dinosaurs
 —Photo: Visual Verse in collaboration with students at Wangari Maathai International School (WMIS), Courtesy of Michael Brownstein—Poetry by Michael H. Brownstein, Stephen Kingsnorth, Sayani...
View ArticleSecrets of the Self
 Only Fantasy—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam,Sacramento, CATHE WOE-BIRDAfter Man and Birdby Henry Miller, 1963The woe-bird sits on my shoulder at the mirrorto tell me its secrets, and I know I am...
View ArticleMoon-Feelings
 Red Sturgeon Moon—Poetry by Devin Rogan, N. Carolina—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainYOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS STORY BUT YOU WILL FEEL SOMETHING FROM ITis this the part of the story when the hero(me...
View ArticleBetter Think Now
 Marker—Poetry by Vern Fein, Urbana, IL—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CAASHES/PARADISEI will be cremated, instead of buriedin a pine box. Just plain less hassle.My ashes will lay in a small box,resting...
View ArticleAugust Secrets
 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday!STILL LIFE WITH GLASS SHARD I’m navigating between August sun and brittle dead grasses. This little...
View ArticleOld History Lives On
 —Poetry by Kimberly Bolton, Jefferson City, MO—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA OLD HISTORY LIVES HEREOld history lives here, recorded rungby painstaking rung in the heart of the trees,those ancient...
View ArticleDancing With The Wall
 —Poetry by Dr. Anissa Sboui,Sousse, Tunisia—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain  THE QURANIC SCHOOLAt dawn, the father carries the sacred bookAccompanies his son to the quasi-academic instituteIgnoring...
View ArticleThis Hurtling Earth
 —Poetry from Claire J. Baker, Joe Nolan, Nolcha Fox, Michael Ceraolo, Caschwa, Sayani Mukherjee, Stephen Kingsnorth, Michael H. Brownstein—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan and Nolcha Fox...
View ArticleWhat Are The Solutions?
 Time And Place—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE ANSWERWhy do we keep personifyingwhy do we keep askingwhy do we pretend,try to end . . .   the solutions . . .      what are the...
View ArticleWhat Are You Waiting For?
 —Poetry by Jonathan B . Zeitlin, Granite Bay, CA—Tall Ships Courtesy of Public DomainTHE SHIP From the shore I watched the shipAnd imagined I was there.Closed my eyes and felt the sprayOf ocean in my...
View ArticleThe Wolves Next Door
 —Poetry by John Dorroh, SW IL—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainGENESISI am stuck in a hotel roomI am stuck in a hotelI am stuckI amI freeze for good reasonin Iceland’s afterbirth,the glow of active...
View ArticleBetween Earth and Sky
 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down toForm Fiddlers’ Friday!!THE DOOR IS OPENIn the vestibule, a counter with a stack of booklets— pictures from the exhibition....
View ArticleKeeping Our Song
Skaja Evens—Poetry by Skaja Evens, SE Virginia—Artwork Courtesy ofPublic DomainI’M NOT SAYINGWords flash in my mindMemory fragments of our exchangesJokes and deep truths in the dark, andI miss you so...
View ArticleLiminal
 —Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Stephen KingsnorthLIMINALWhat was the moment you arrived,when you, the child, could be shown off,and they...
View ArticleWhy Should We Sing?
 Time Off for Labor Day!—Poetry by Claire J. Baker, Nolcha Fox, Mary McGrath, Stephen Kingsnorth, Sayani Mukherjee,Caschwa, Joe Nolan—Public Domain Visuals Courtesy of Joe Nolan and Nolcha Fox IN THE...
View ArticleAltar of the Heart
 Weedflower—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAGUARANTEESgood fortune! good fortune! over all the yearshaving eaten all theChinese dinnersto learn the rewardthe good newsI am going to be...
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