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Monarchs on Zephyrs
—Photo by Brian Mahoney—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO GRANDPARENTS IN A ZEPPELINWe retired on the same day,several years ago, my wife and I.We sat around the housedrinking espresso coffeeand...
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A Loan from the Morning
Palm Tree Shadows, Sacramento—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA THE MORNING OF THE ANGELIn the lands roughlyto the north, the menwith silver kiteslive with their angry women.They lay upon the...
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The Joy of the Dance
Sinaga Tala Filipino DancersSacramento Banana Festival—Photo by Michelle Kunert, SacramentoIn front of me in the crowd at the Fish radio station music fest at Cal Expo a boy about ten years old...
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In Every Whisper
Five Bluebirds in the Nest—Photo by Taylor GrahamFREE PROMISES—Taylor Graham, PlacervilleNo longer small—five baby blue- birds fill the nest-box. Air full of hissing, bluebird mother dive-bombing as I...
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That Carnival of Days and Nights
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoWHEN I READ YOUR WORDS, I WROTE…“As we lean over the deep well, we whisper…” —Marie PonsotWe would be...
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Tenderness Steeped in Derangement
—Photo of Tom Goff, courtesy of Gerald Thomas RILKEMOJIS—Tom Goff, CarmichaelWho that’s read the poems of Herr Rilkehasn’t seen the oddball small emoticonseverywhere in them? Oh, not quite emojis,yet...
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How Light the Day
Purple Kite—Anonymous Photo—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA HOW LIGHT THE DAYHow light the dayat the county fun fairnear the whale watchersby spiny lobster tablesa Portuguese fishermanproudly...
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All the Words for Wonder
—Poems and Photos by Katy Brown, DavisREMEMBERING WATERRemember the world of water?Emerald ponds,aqua seas,turquoise bays,opal falls—remember the meadows,alive with garter snakesand salamanders—and the...
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A Morning Filled With Old Clocks
At Locke Memorial Park—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CAMY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE OPENING OF THEdoor. The cat strolled through the door on its hind legs.Held tightly in its paws was...
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The Fabric of Forgiveness
Key—Photo by Keely S. Dorran, SacramentoTHE FABRIC OF FORGIVENESS—Loch Henson, Diamond SpringsThread by thread,made up of varied materials (cotton, silk, wool,...
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Lovers of Sun and Stars
Bodega Head—Photo by Cynthia Linville, SacramentoFACEBOOK ANSWERS THE $64,000 QUESTION—Cynthia LinvilleWhich superhero, celebrity, rock star, Disney princess are you? Which Mad Men, Game of Thrones,...
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Trees Made of Light
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoMORNING PROCEDUREThe cat has been strokedand has left my lap to thelamplight in the dark morning.Hum of early traffic begins . . . no . . . it is only an...
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The Wild Unknown
—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, PlacervilleSUNRISE YOGATree-pose, right leg rooted, left bow-cocked.Balance. Hands arrow-prayeredpointing up. Focus on a point of light slippedthrough the blinds....
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Rainbows in the Waters
Sebastopol Memorial Lawn, Sebastopol, CA—Photo by Cynthia Linville, Sacramento—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAON MEMORIAL DAYAfter every warwe invent silenceeven memory,inside the quiet roomsof...
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Becoming the Lyric
—Poems by Scott Thomas Outlar, Atlanta, GA—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA LEARNING TO SING THE WORD In the beginningwas the Wordand the Wordwas a vibrationand the vibrationwas a soundand the soundwas...
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In the Realm of Angels
Artichoke Bloom—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA THE COSMIC ASYLUM for Skar PlowSomething broke behind my eyes.I was able to see great fights of birdsIn a fictive space within my...
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Good Ol' Blaze
—Anonymous PhotoBLAZE WINS THE RACE—Hatch Graham, PlacervilleYou speak of horses great and fastwhile reading of the derby lastand tell of Man-O-War and Seattle Slew,But when it comes to packingyou'll...
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How the Heart Works
Breakfast—Photos by Keely S. Dorran, SacramentoJOHNNY AND COCO FINISHED—Richard Hansen, Sacramento Johnny and Cocohad a long-distanceromancefailing to contain each otheratHomecomingJohnny lived in...
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My Dreamless Cradle
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoHere we are, born of lightHow we shimmer andreflect to each other. We become love. We touch and we shatter. We are broken intomany segments....
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Close the Book
Rusted Archer—Poems and Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CAAll in the way you look at it:I sometimes envy the country life,the life I think ismore authentic, closer to the bone.To wake with the...
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