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House of Shadows
Before the Storm—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, LockeCLIFFNear the edge of the cliffTiny lights dance in the air.They are the souls of those we knewAs children, lost to us now.They seem to move back...
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Sunrise
December Sunrise—Photo by Taylor Graham, PlacervilleI’ll tell you how the sun rose,— A ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran.The hills untied their bonnets, The...
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The Darkest Week of the Year
Blink—Photo by Taylor GrahamST. FRANCIS—Taylor Graham, Placerville The Pope has spoken.Paradise is open to all God’s creatures. As I announce the news,Blink the black-ink catand Loki, dog soul of...
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Random Butterflies
Bird Over White Clouds—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoToday the gulls swarmed the cold winter sky;the sun rimmed the edges of their wings.They crossed each other’s sky-paths,circular and...
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Clouds of Possibility
Toward Disappearance—Painting by Sam Francis, 1973—Poems by Neil Ellman, Livingston, NJTOWARD DISAPPEARANCE(after the painting by Sam Francis) For an instant we are seen...
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Immutable Latitudes
Snow in Massachusetts—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Photos Courtesy of B.Z. Niditch DECEMBER'S EXPECTINGHoping after the weekend rainsfor a respite filled with expressiondaydreaming of the...
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The Camber of All Things
Another Long Day—Photo by Robert Lee HaycockLIPS MOVING WHILE READING—Robert Lee Haycock, AntiochAncient report cards before my mind's eyes:"Bobby continues to subvocalize"This was thought not good for...
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Lost in Ink
At the Garden Gate—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke“It is difficult to draw away from the face of God—it is like a warm fire, it is like dear sleep, it is like a great anthem; yet there is a...
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The Toss of a Coin
Goddess Kali Temple, Lumding, Nagaon, Assam, India—Photos Courtesy of Pujish Kanti Deb—Poems by Pujish Kanti Deb, IndiaTHE VERDICT OF A COINA catapult comprising of two fingers—representing my lustful...
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Something Like Contentment
Christmas Swag—Photo by D.R. Wagner, LockeEARLY MORNING DOGWOOD TRAIL—Taylor Graham, PlacervilleQuiet except for the back-and-forth of our voices working out the climb. The treesin winter. Listen— silk...
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The Blessing of Gratitude
Charlotte's Flowers—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoTHE WAYHow may we go—slow as mules—soft as sorrow, singing our night songs to each other?How long must we travel when the way is grief—and...
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Christmastime in America
—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CACHRISTMASTIME IN AMERICAYou see the oddest things at Christmastime in America.The bigger the city, the stranger the sights.I was...
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December Treats
Lobster-Trap Tree—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Photos courtesy of B.Z. NiditchDECEMBER TREATClinging onto a town's lottery ticketa poet finds on the roadwhich gets him into"The Gingerbread...
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Inspirations That Transform
Starry Goddess—Poems and Artwork by Patricia Wentzel, SacramentoA PHONE CALL FOR SOMEONE ELSEThe mental health technician sits in the hallwayOutside the group room where the TV is blaring.One person is...
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A Carafe of Possibilities
—Drawing by Alexis Alberine —Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CAA POEM LIKE THISA poem like this can only get you into trouble.I’ve found gold in the language that cannot be extracted.The demons are on its...
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Consolation
—Photo by Katy Brown, DavisWITHIN THE CIRCUIT OF THIS PLODDING LIFE—Henry David ThoreauWithin the circuit of this plodding life, There enter moments of an azure hue, Untarnished fair as is the violet...
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Wachet Auf!
Distant Domains —Artwork by Patricia Wentzel, Sacramento BEACH DEBRIS—Allegra Silberstein, DavisWeathered driftwoodtossed up on Bolinas Beachlines of the tree it once wasintactan eye where a...
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Now You Can Sleep...
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoTHE CRACK IN TIMEHow do I not give you rhyme now—suspend in the moment—a direction.I guide you : words—time between words—attendants attending.I, at the...
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Unzipping Our Stapled Souls
If Pigs Can Fly, Why Not Sheep?—Photo taken in Berkeley by Cynthia Linville, SacramentoUN-CAUGHT BY SURPRISE—Taylor Graham, PlacervilleThe wind came up, a wind as chilly as aplaster bust of Keats. It...
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Happy New Year!
—Poems and Photos by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAADMIT TO THE DAWN SKYAdmit to the dawn skyin silencehow each friendship of oursonce formed and forgeda secret languagecovering a wandered lifebetween two...
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