A Settler Settling
  —Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Buffalo WY—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Nolcha FoxWISDOMI asked my husbandthe best wayto greet the day.Coffee.So strong,the spoon stands upand salutes.    I am a settler...
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  —Poetry by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday, with poetry byNolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorthand CaschwaACROSS THE HORSE FENCE Rising sun draws sweet scent of...
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  —Poetry by Michael Lee Johnson, Downers Grove, IL—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Michael Lee JohnsonFOUR-LEAF CLOVER I found your life smilinginside a four-leaf clover.Here you hibernate in sin.You...
View ArticleA Season Grown Darker
 —Poetry by Kimberly Bolton, Jefferson City, MO—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CAHurrying out of the dead of night,the river races to catch up with the sunrise,as I would hasten...
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 Trapped! —Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Stephen Kingsnorth—Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Nolcha Fox,Sayanı Mukherjee, Joe Nolan, Michael H. Brownstein, and Taylor Dibbert—Public Domain Photos...
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Children Run Past —Poetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam,Sacramento, CA—Photos by Robin Gale OdamALREADY AUTUMN—Joyce Odam

 At the end of a long street
I see you walking toward me.

 You pass...
View ArticleZeus, Apophenia, and a Handful of Diamonds
 —Poetry by Gary Grossman, Ph.D., Athens, GA  —Photos Courtesy of Public Domain THE CONSTELLATIONS So Zeus immortalized his BFFs— throwing handfuls of diamonds across the black velvet cloth of night....
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 Both Sides Now—Poetry by Smith and Lady, Cleveland, OH—Visuals by SmithSome thoughts weigh lots and don't stopfor spirit or bone atonementenlighten illuminationWrapped in painI dip in pleasuresoaking...
View ArticleOctober Magic
 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday, with poetry byJoe Nolan, Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth,and Claire J. BakerOCTOBER MAGIC A misty...
View ArticleReturn to Innocence
 —Poetry by Dan Silverberg, Coloma, CA—Public Domain Photos Courtesy ofJoe Nolan, Stockton, CATHE SWEETNESS WE CRAVEblooms hidden in a valley.The scent of its flower takes awayall memory of past and...
View ArticleStory of My Life
 —Poetry by Julia A. Dickson, Exeter, NH—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Julie A. DicksonBLINDDeprived of sight, I listento the rustle of leaves.Is it the oak or beech? I strain,concentrate on the...
View ArticleMy Shadow Self
 —Poetry by Claire J. Baker, Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth, Sayani Mukherjee, Caschwa, Michael Ceraolo, and Joe Nolan—Public Domain Photos Courtesyof Joe NolanFORKED LIGHTNING: Jagged molten silver...
View ArticleWho Should Be Afraid
 Fear-Of-This-Fear-Of-That—Poetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam, Sacramento, CA—Photos by Joyce Odam     MELTING—Joyce OdamDon’t touch me.I am not love.I am grief.I am alone in here.  Don’t...
View ArticleAsking Stradivari
 —Poetry by Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA—Photos Courtesy of Public DomainOCTOBER EVENING, 2023My neighbor across the fencehas lit up his yard again with all-white Xmas lights.Is he nostalgic for starshe...
View ArticleCats Are Poetry
 —Poetry by Donal Mahoney (1938-2017)—Photos by Carol Ann Bales, St. Louis, MOWHEN MY WIFE IS IN HER GARDENWhen my wife is in her garden, she becomes a ballerinamoving with the morning breeze through...
View ArticleNo Trespassing!
 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham,Placerville, CA—And then scroll down forForm Fiddlers’ Friday, with poetry byJoe Nolan, Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth,and Claire J. Baker   RESTLESS My legs are...
View ArticleShadows and Stars
 —Poetry by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, W. Covina, CA—Visuals by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal THE SKIES CRYSuddenly, the skies cry for you and me.A great storm comes down on our heads.It fills us with...
View ArticleOut of Darkness
 —Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Buffalo, WY—Public Domain Photos Courtesyof Nolcha FoxFirst frostreminds me leaves will drop and brown and crunch and scatter,that soon I’ll wrap my brittle bonesin fleece and...
View ArticleGoosebumps and The Greenman
  —Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth, Rus Khomutoff, Shiva Neupane, Sayani Muhkerjee, Caschwa, and Joe Nolan—Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan   DARK—Nolcha Fox, Buffalo, WYDeath...
View ArticleBlack Roses
 Out of the Darkness—Poetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam,Sacramento, CA—Photos by Joyce OdamTHE DARKNESS —Joyce OdamYou have come with your gift of black rosesfor my midnight joy. Now the houseis...
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