What Man Has Made of Man
Hole in the Sky—Photo by Katy Brown, DavisLINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING—William Wordsworth, 1770-1850I heard a thousand blended notes,While in a grove I sate reclined,In that sweet mood when pleasant...
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Blink—Photo by Taylor GrahamMARKS OF SPRING—Taylor Graham, PlacervilleSome creature left those marks—symmetrical slashes of micro-sabers, talons or claws— on Blink, my cat, whose instincts bid him...
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—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoTHE CHILD ARTIST AT AN EASEL OF LIGHTThis maelstrom of self—this painting on mirror—this discovery. Will the child come true—continueto be—primitive—child of...
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Venus—Poems and Photos by Katy Brown, Davis(RHYMES WITH BLUE MOON) NOT PASHTUNNot Urdu. No. Not Turkish, Persian, or Hindu. Not Pashtun.I’ll try this form in English for something fun to do — not...
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—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CATWELVE NOONApril visits mein the shade of noona gull on my porch's gateis doing stretching exercisessprawled out for a restwatching...
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Ellen Bass, Keynote Speaker at Berkeley Poets' DinnerApril, 2015—Photo by Katy Brown, DavisWHITE CAT IN THE ALLEY—Carol Louise Moon, SacramentoI was relieved to find a white catwhose eyes have shown...
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D.R. Wagner at Shine, April 2015—Photo by Michelle Kunert, Sacramento—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Sacramento I AM NOT HERE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING BEAUTIFULNo one will let us pass.I hate to tell you this,...
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Sleeping Cat—Painting by Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889)THE CATS WILL KNOW—Cesare Pavese (1908-1950)Again the rain will fall on the sweet pavements, a light rain like a breath or a footstep. Again the...
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The White Cat—Painting by Pierre BonnardAFTER BEING FEATURED POET—Claire J. Baker, PinoleDear harvest moon, I'm backlistening to your melodyover village hills.You greet me with a sublime...
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Spirit Reclining—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento CONTENTEDThe old fat couple lived in a tiny housewith their fat white cat who caught no mousebut ate and slept throughout its years.The old...
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—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO—Poems by Katy Brown, Davis, CAUNDOCUMENTED ZOMBIESThe nice thing about being deadis you no longer care if the doctor mucked up your diagnosis and the pharmacist...
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Raccoon Print in Mud—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Photos by Stacey Sherman, Orangevale, CA BY THOREAURain is indifferentat first lightwrinkles the windfrom a four-dayNortheastera few strong...
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Jeanine Stevens, one of the featured readers atSac. Poetry Center's "April in Paris" readingMonday, April 20—Photos by Michelle Kunert, SacramentoGREAT ESCAPE, ILLINOIS, 1959—Kevin Jones, Elk GroveOn...
View ArticleCalling Those Who Love Words
—Photo by D.R. Wagner—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA A WEEPINGThere was crying coming from underThe rug, or so it seemed like itWas coming from under the rug,Or someplace that had that...
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Ted Finn at Mt. ShastaToday's poems are from Ted Finn's book, Damn the Eternal War, which was published by Rattlesnake Press in 2008 (SpiralChap #10). Ted, who passed away from cancer in March of this...
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Poster for "Evening of the Word" Readingfeaturing Art Mantecon, Charles Mariano UC Berkeley, April 21, 2015(Medusa with pencils for hair by Edel)TREASURE HUNTING —Caschwa, SacramentoDon’t give me a...
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—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoTHE DREAM OF SURRENDER (After "Portrait of a Dream, 1953" by Jackson Pollock) A face that is caught in a garish mirrorwhere colors gnash and light...
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Ryan Quinn Flanagan—Poems and Photos by Ryan Quinn Flanagan Eliot, Ontario, CanadaBLISTER PACK NOSTADAMUSThe mothswith eyes on their wingsare not looking at you.Gas from the pumps into a waiting tankof...
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Ft. Bragg, CA—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Photos by Stacie Sherman, Orangevale, CA SPRING EXCURSIONYou revisit your lifeas a poet in Aprilkeeping up the pacewith newfound couragewhen time...
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—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA FIRST WARM DAY Great joy today.The sun and the breezehave the mockingbird flitting from branch to branch, warning the other...
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