Fingerprints
—Poetry by Claire J. Baker,Pinole, CA —Northwest Coast Tribal Artwork Courtesy of Public DomainAPOLOGYYou, Robbie, warm & real as you were,end up as a scrap of address, found in a catch-alldrawer...
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—Poetry by Mike Hickman, York, England—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainSAURON, MY EYEThe thing with turning famous fantasy novels into blockbuster movie trilogies,Is you run the risk of opening up your...
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—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down toForm Fiddlers’ Friday!!ESCAPING THE DREAMSpend the endless hours on a trivial thing never to be accomplished—picking a...
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—Five More Oxfordian Poems from Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Lute Photos Courtesy of Public DomainN BERKELEY ONCE(c. 1978)I saw the play of Richard,* king deposed;That scene first banned from print, his...
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—Poetry by R. Gerry Fabian, Doylestown, PA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CASUMMER SYNCHRONICITYSitting on the concrete porch stepsmid-morning in the city.The sun is high but...
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Bridge Over Troubled Waters —Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Joe Nolan —Poetry by Caschwa, Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth, Sayani Mukherjee, Joe Nolan —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan...
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The Brooding Skies—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam,Sacramento, CALANDSCAPE WITH BEDOut in the muted daylight, a bed iswaiting for my sleep, a soft skyfloating like a dream about to happen.I note one...
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Stephanie Lucero —Poetry by Patricia Furstenberg, South Africa —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Patricia Furstenberg WHY, MOON? There’s a town where, on a street, in a house, all sleep, there's...
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R u experienced—Poetry and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OHBe fireflylight dark for brief secondUnquiet quietmeadow pre-dawnRooster crows day kills nightlie wakesFecund smell of green growingheavy in...
View ArticleWaiting For Equinox
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down toForm Fiddlers’ Friday!!SURVIVING SUMMERI’d been waiting for September.By picking-time, blackberries shriveled to hard little...
View ArticleDeconstructing Disaster
Sam Barbee, Winston-Salem, NC —Art Courtesy of Public Domain LAMENTATION By sundown, I am old again.Clouds free themselvesfrom street trees, no longercrave what they cannot have.Nostalgia...
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—Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Buffalo, WY—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Nolcha FoxTHE BIRD YOU AREYou are a bald eagle,marring your majestywith miserable morals:stealing what isn’t yours.You steal the...
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—Public Domain Cartoon Courtesy of Joe Nolan—Poetry by Joe Nolan, Stephen Kingsnorth, Nolcha Fox, Sayani Mukherjee, Caschwa (Carl Schwartz)—Public Domain Photos Courtesy ofJoe Nolan and Nolcha...
View ArticleTender Moments
Wherever I Search—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam,Sacramento, CATHE CAPTURED MOMENTAfter “Kleichen with Man”, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg, 1970—Painting Series by Anders PetersenThe silent pianoin the...
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—Poetry by Lynn White, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales, UK—Illustrations for Alice in Wonderlandby Sir John TennielALL THAT WAS LEFTDrink me the label said.She drank it all, then threw the bottle...
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—Poetry by Laura Stamps, Columbia, SC—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainGOLD OR SILVER? 1. Dogs have eighteen muscles in their ears. Imagine that. Imagine moving your ears up and down. Sideways or...
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—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down to Form Fiddlers’ Friday!!HENHOUSE DRAMAHer seven sisters all are dead,vanished night by day. Now we dreadto lose our last...
View ArticleThe Nooning Tree
—Poetry by Keith Hoerner, Southern IllinoisWHITE WASHING HISTORY AGAINST ADARKENING AFTERNOON SKY $10,000 downGets you inYour choice ofRanch or two-storyIn prestigious Nooning Tree “Is there one, a...
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—Poetry by Linda Klein, Playa Vista, CA—Photos: Last Roses of Summer by Katy Brown, Davis, CA ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLDI've noticed as I age, time has speeded up on all cylinders,determined to get me...
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—Poetry by Claire J. Baker, Stephen Kingsnorth, Sayani Mukherjee, Nolcha Fox, Michael Ceraolo, Joe Nolan, and Caschwa—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan and Nolcha Fox IN THE GARDEN —Claire...
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