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My Castle of Dreams
Michigan Road—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA DREAM REFLECTIONThe darkness is completefrom a full moon's largessshining strong and floatingoutside my open...
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Archipelago of Bones
Mercato Centrale, Florence, Italy—Photos by Stacie Sherman, Orangevale, CA—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MOA WINTER BUFFETJanuary daynot a leaf lefton this skeleton tree teeming with...
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In the Hollow of a Dream
Ning Hou Workshop, Locke —Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CATHE SWORDIt was never as we had expected it be.Initially, it had appeared as the blueThe oceans had laid claim to so long ago.So...
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Nocturnal Carnation
—Photo by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CACARNAL APPLE, WOMAN FILLED, BURNING MOON—Pablo NerudaCarnal apple, Woman filled, burning moon,dark smell of seaweed, crush of mud and light,what secret knowledge is...
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Imagine Gladness
—Photo by Katy Brown, Davis, CATHAT WOMEN SELLING CARNATIONS—Loch Henson, Diamond Springs, CA Silvered hair in braids thatwere anything but simple,the woman with the wrinkledapple cheeks watchedas the...
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Tales of Forbiddings
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoWHITE CARNATIONYou are white carnation in winter,pure of memory.Soft light falls upon you. You shine in twilight, bother no one with conspicuous colors. You...
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Scents That Smell of Truth
Coffee Beans —Photo by Sue McElligott3 WORDS—Sue McElligott, Nevada City, CA It took about 10 minutes For her to say what she needed to sayThere was clarityThere was a feeling of finalityAnd the...
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Mad Country of Colors
The Lake of Lucerne, Moonlight, the Rigi in the Distance (c. 1841)—Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA TURNER'S LANDSCAPESInvincible paintof sky...
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Riding With the Pros
The Bike That Needed Me —Photo by Kevin Jones—Poems by Kevin Jones, Elk Grove, CATHE BIKE THAT NEEDED MESaw it in the thrift store in early spring.A J.C. Higgins frame and partsFrom at least six other...
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Time Lies
—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CATHE ENSEMBLE OF ETERNITYCome make the room around me.I will touch your body and we willKnow the sun at midnight and repeatAll that we have known when we were...
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Mumbai Monsoon
DARK RAIN—Rhony Bhopla, SacramentoTorrents of our monsoon strike,saturating the mud holes. Ploooofffffall the mud clots. Fathers stand,headscratch, women know to stick twigsinto the open holes.Push,...
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Lambing Season and Spring Flowers!
—Photo by Jane Blue, SacramentoMAY FLY—Jane Blue1.A May Fly has no mouth, nodigestive parts. It is born to mate, oneday of dancing in the sun, risingon iridescent wings, and then falling,exhausted into...
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In the Red Horse Dream...
Praying Mantis—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoTHE RENTED BICYCLEIt is another childhood year; my mother has fallen off the rented bicycle—the others have kept on going....
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Celestial Influences
—Photo by Loch Henson, Diamond Springs, CATHE EMPTY ONES—Loch Henson Some are intentionally encouraging. Some are classic and simple.Some sparkle.Some are leathery, others are glossy.There are...
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Lemony Sprinkled Moments
Newel Owl, Darling House, Santa Cruz, Ca—Darline House Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA FEBRUARY 5Watching from a telescopeheights of starsafter my bicyclerests...
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Rags and Bones
Alexa Mergen, reading at Sacramento Poetry CenterMonday, Feb. 2, 2015—Photo by Michelle Kunert, SacramentoPOET’S EARLY TOOLS—Kevin Jones, Elk Grove, CAWas so very lucky.Uncle Vern owned— He really...
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Angels in the Windows
Coming Storm—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CASTILL THEREThe moon.The room filled with quiet.The room with the cat sleepingOn the sofa. One paw drapedOff the edge of the cushion.The light...
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Tottering Toward 70
Anonymous PhotoODE TO SIR WILLIAM SYDNEY, ON HIS BIRTHDAY—Ben JonsonNow that the harth is crown'd with smiling fire, And some do drink, and some do dance, Some ring, Some sing, And all do strive...
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Brussels Sprouts and Other Surprises
Hatch Graham, with newborn formerly known asLambLamb, now called Lucinda—Photo by Taylor Graham, Placerville GATE OF WHERE—Taylor GrahamThe rag-tag bummer lamb dances on linoleum,a zig-zag step of...
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Words Won't Do.....
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoTHE UNICORN STORYIt is true—as we make it to be true—this, our story, our made-up belief,our unicorn. How foolish of you to disbelieve. Here. It is written:We...
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