Singing to the Shadows
Curiosity Killed the Cat—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam,Sacramento, CA OLD WOMAN OF SORROWSI am the old womanof sorrows.Come hear me singin my church of innocence.I am the lost waytaken by otherswho...
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—Poetry by Jodie Baeyens, New York—Pixie Art Courtesy of Public DomainLOVE POEM I’m going to write you a love poemEven though I don’t love youMaybe a dozenLike rosesTo give to youAs I stand on your...
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—Poetry by Bonnie Meekums, Manchester, UK—Photos of Fall Foliage by Katy Brown, Davis, CAAGE-OLD PROTESTAt seventyI should be sitting knitting quitting dancing...
View ArticleRemember Rain?
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday!! WHAT’S TO FIND ON RIVER CLEANUP DAY?You’re curious…. want to come along?Here’s your bucket. Work...
View ArticleBuilding to Harvest
Impressions of Summer—Photo by Chris Feldman—Poetry by Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CAhuman/nature standing in blessed coolness air sweet as water caresses my bare arms stretch in both directions plant...
View ArticleJourneyman
—Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Stephen KingsnorthRE-INCARNATIONWithout my specs, I saw a cheese,well-ripened, past its sell-by date,hard cheddar mixed...
View ArticleDragon Dust
Here Be Dragons!—Public Domain Dragon by Laith Abashaar, Courtesy of Nolcha Fox—Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Caschwa, Joe Nolan, Michael Ceraolo, Stephen Kingsworth,Sayanı Mukherjee—Public Domain Photos...
View ArticleLet Us Love Dragons Forever
—Poetry and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE RED DRAGONWhy were the children in this dream? There is a wilderness to the domestic silence. The last thing we drew was a dragon with...
View ArticleSaving the Bumblebees
—Poetry by Ken Tomaro, Cleveland, OH—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CA GOOD DEEDS, BAD TIMINGalways a missed opportunityI see stories often, and videosof random strangers...
View ArticleBuilding That Wall
—Poetry and Art by Robert Fleming, Lewes, DEthere should always be a pro in a prostituteho-in-training gets a cop datestabbed with no switch-bladeno billspimp pregnanttwenty-year pro professes:always...
View ArticleGhosts of October
—Poetry by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday!!OCTOBER GHOST OF DAWNFirst-light will come diminishing, late.The owl has called through the last of dark,the...
View ArticlePhotographing Poppies
—Poetry by Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA—Artwork Courtesy of Public DomainA SILK SCARFToday I reclaimthe windheld in my palmas a childmy hand outcar windowblownwilly-nillylike a silk scarfyet...
View ArticleEarthbound
—Poetry and Artwork by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, West Covina, CADANCE FOR RAINOvercast, still not a drop of rain.The cold air freezes my bones.The clouds gather over my head.I don’t know why the...
View ArticleSowing Confusion
—Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Nolcha Fox,Caschwa, Joe Nolan, Michael Ceraolo,Sayani Mukherjee—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan and Nolcha Fox SOW CONFUSION—Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth,...
View ArticleAt the Heart of Confusion
Depending on Memory—Poetry and Photos by Joyce OdamSacramento, CATHE CELL OF FORGIVENESSI enter the pure white square. It is a room. It hasno patterned walls. Its windows are night with a fluctuating...
View ArticleMidnight Cinderella
Petrouchka Alexieva—Poetry by Petrouchka Alexieva, Los Angeles, CA—Photos of the Season by Katy Brown, Davis, CABEFORE LEAVING MY PAST Before leaving my past,I'll open the door of my heart,I'll throw...
View ArticleSitting With the Dead
—Poetry by John Yamrus, Pennsylvania—Public Domain Photos Courtesyof Joe Nolan, Stockton, CA i was 13 on a Halloween night, and me and my friends were out stealing pumpkins off porches in a great...
View ArticleOut of Confusion
—Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA —And then scroll down to Form Fiddlers’ Friday!! FOGWORKS After “Driving Through Fog” —Mixed Media by Niranjana Mani How fog...
View ArticleServing Tea With Mint
—Poetry by Dr. Anissa Sboui, Suisse, Tunisia—Artwork Courtesy of Public DomainSNOWI can see the snow Falling below Declaring the chastity of the land: Embroidered in white What I affirm And cannot...
View ArticleHarvest
—Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Buffalo, WY—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Nolcha FoxHarvestComing hometo rough terrain,the landscapescarred bybackhoes,bulldozers,excavators.The earthdepressed,nothing...
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