Monolith
āPoetry by John Tustin, Myrtle Beach, SCāPhotos Courtesy of Public DomainA NOTHING SMILEShe parts the curtains From her standard place In the kitchen Before the window On the second story That...
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Ā Lost SupperāPoetry and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OHĀ Ā Smokey bluesshiny greensfrost and sun on grassNew leafs pop outpeep aboutĀ Ā Ā RustleafĀ Ā Got in metal beastdrove Babylonian money roadto tin can...
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Ā āPoetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CAāAnd then scroll down toĀ Form Fiddlersā Friday, with poetry byNolcha Fox and Stephen KingsnorthĀ Ā Ā RIDING BACK IN HISTORY Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Pony Express...
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Ā āPoetry, Photos and Artwork byĀ Luis CuauhtĆ©moc BerriozĆ”bal,Ā West Covina, CAĀ Ā Ā LEAVES OF DISAPPOINTMENT Weep your sadness away.Dream away the dead flowers.Take a shot of forgetfulness until the harsh...
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Ā āPublic Domain Photos CourtesyĀ of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CAYESTERDAYāW. S. Merwin (1927ā2019)My friend says I was not a good sonāØyou understandāØI say yes I understandĀ he says I did not goāØto see my...
View ArticleWoodsy Walks
Ā āPublic Domain Photo Courtesy of Joe NolanāPoetry by Nolcha Fox, Stephen KingsnorthJoe Nolan, Sayani MukherjeeĀ and Shiva NeupaneāPublic Domain Photos byĀ Joe Nolan and Stephen KingsnorthĀ Ā THEY...
View ArticleOnly Here⦠And Now
Ā Where I AmāPoetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam,Sacramento, CAāPhotos by Robin Gale OdamĀ Ā THE PROBLEM āJoyce Odam With only words to say what more can be saved. One will not speak and one will not...
View ArticlePissing in the Wind
Ā M.J. ArchangeliniāPhoto by Adam Brodsky, Lang Memorial, 2017āPoetry by M.J. Archangelini, Santa Rosa, CAĀ Ā Ā PISSING WITH ORIONĀ Waning crescent moon flirtsFrom behind a veil of cloudsĀ My pee shyness...
View ArticleCries From The Cottonwood
Ā āPoetry by Patricia Wentzel, Sacramento, CAāPublic Domain Photos and ArtĀ Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CAĀ Ā Ā BREAST CANCER AND THE ARMED INTRUDERI am considered cured these daysāØa relief to leave...
View ArticleHigh Noon in High June
Ā āPoetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CAāAnd then scroll down toĀ Form Fiddlersā Friday, with poetry byNolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth,Ā Michael H. Brownstein,and Joe NolanĀ Ā HIGH JUNE Am I a...
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Ā Pan, The Little Goat-GodĀ āPainting by SvetlanaāPoetry by Kimberly Bolton, Jefferson City, MOĀ JUNEDays like this you can smell and touch and tasteall the liberal pleasures of nature.You can almost see...
View ArticleUnder One Heaven
Ā āPoetry by Dr. Anissa Sboui, Sousse, TunisiaāPhotos Courtesy of Public DomainĀ Ā Ā THE DESIRED HEAVENToddling into the cavesāØEndorsing backward dogmasāØRetrieved Dabiq would be?āØReading weak hadithāØOf the...
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Ā Harbinger of a Crooked DomaināPoetry by Donald R. Anderson, Claire J. Baker,Stephen Kingsnorth, Lauren McBride, Caschwa,Joe Nolan and Nolcha FoxāPublic Domain Photos CourtesyĀ of Joe NolanĀ Ā THE...
View ArticleFirst Note of the Last Rhythm
Ā The War Goes OnĀ āPoetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam,Ā Sacramento, CAĀ āPhotos by Robin Gale OdamĀ HEART BEATSāJoyce Odamheart beats, the true heart slows. it was music where silence listens to...
View ArticlePerfectly Still
Ā āPoetry and Visuals by Aaron Bowker, U.S.Ā Ā Ā overwhelming waves blissfully drowningin music* * *never ending raincreating a backyard poolfor ducks* * *early storm cloudswashing away years of bad...
View ArticleOf Dragons and Unicorns
Ā Three-Headed Dragon, Libetsk, RussiaāPoetry by Alexieva Petrouchka,Ā Los Angeles, CAāPublic Domain Photos CourtesyĀ Ā of Alexieva PetrouchaĀ Ā Ā ŠŠ¼ŠµŃв РоГ(in Bulgarian)ŠŠ¾Š¹Ńа ŠæŃа-баба, ŃŃŠ°Ńа ŠæŃŠ¾ŃŠ¾ŃŠøŃа,веГма,...
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Ā Under the BridgeāPoetry by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAāAnd then scroll down toForm Fiddlersā Friday, with poetry byNolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth,Ā Claire J. Baker and Robert NimmoĀ Ā Ā NO PARKING...
View ArticleNight Is For The Hungry
Ā Robert NimmoāPoetry by Robert Nimmo,Ā Christchurch, New ZealandāPublic Domain Photos Courtesyof Joe Nolan, Stockton, CAĀ Ā Ā THE UNINVITEDDay parades its wares: brazen beamer veiled in haze, capricious...
View ArticleThe Cave of Existence
Ā āPoetry by Kushal Poddar, Kolkata,Ā W. Bengal, IndiaāPhotos Courtesy of Public DomainĀ Ā Ā NEAR THE RED LIGHTFrom the drunken garden,from the dancing silhouettes, the clients and their mates turn their...
View ArticleCrickets and the Cosmic Graveyard
Ā Mormon Cricket, the Scourge of the FieldsāPoetry by Caschwa, Stephen Kingsnorth,Michael Ceraolo, Shiva Neupane, Joe NolanĀ and Nolcha FoxāPublic Domain Photos Courtesyof Joe NolanĀ Ā Ā CLIMATE CHANGE...
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