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Feeding Us All
London, Early 1900's—Anonymous PhotosGLIMPSE OF THE BIG CITY—Kevin Jones, Elk GroveIf you were a goodAnd faithful altar boyFor three years, from Sixth to eighth grade,In the early sixties,Mumbled your...
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Holding Hands of Language
Quilt by Peggy RoblesRiver City Quilt ShowScottish Rite Center, Sacramento—Photos by Michelle Kunert, SacramentoTHE SHIPS ARE EXILEDThe ships are exiledfor it is that Thursday dayNovember 26with this...
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Is There Any Cake Left?
—Poems and Photos by Robert Lee Haycock, Antioch, CA In defense of xmasAcross the street this afternoonSanta was inflated or ought I say deployedDressed in camouflage save for his hat.Who the hell is...
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A Small Place in Heaven
—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CAUP TOO EARLY This morning the trees Were all growing upside down. I thought it was my Imagination, But it was the trees. They got it sorted out By 5:30...
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Then Suddenly—
Painted Lady—Anonymous PhotoPOEM FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDERSTANDABLY TOO BUSY TO READ POETRY—Stephen DunnRelax. This won't last long.Or if it does, or if the linesmake you sleepy or bored,give in to...
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Undoing the Dark
Borage Officinalis—Anonymous PhotoUP EARLY—Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAI made the mistake of closing mydrapes at bedtime. I shut outthe full moon light, its imaginationwild-lovely as creatures of all...
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Roses in the Kitchen
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoEARLY DARK walking downtowndark at six o’clocka mild winter eveningjust early enough yetfor hotel boys to be outon roller blades and...
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Apostrophes in Eternity
—Photo by Carol Bales —Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MOGARDENING IN AUTUMNShe’s been a gardener for yearsbut more and more she brings flowers inside to arrange anew garden on her mantel.She’s in...
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Don't Wait, Lena
Self-portrait with a Black Eye (2012)—Paintings by Lucien Freud—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAICE SKATINGYou put your skates onas you enter the rinknear the glazed Frog Pondon Boston Commonby...
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So Late So Soon!
—Photos by Robert Lee Haycock1972—Robert Lee Haycock, Antioch, CADebbie Fletcher was movingFrom San Jose to Carlotta.Wayne, Diana, Mark and IWere invited along For a fond farewell.I was smitten with...
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Common Dreaming
—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA FOLK TALE When we lived along the edge Of the sea we used to heat our homes With a certain oil that burned With a particular clear green flame. As...
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And Be My Love...
A LINE-STORM SONG—Robert FrostThe line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift, The road is forlorn all day, Where a myriad snowy quartz stones lift, And the hoof-prints vanish away. The roadside...
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Dream Catchers & 2-Dog Nights
—Photo (and cross-stitch embroidery) by Carol Louis Moon, SacramentoHE'S THE REASON FOR THE SEASON—Carol Louise Moon, SacramentoThe cross-stitched puzzle picture was fun to stitch. I had picked up...
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Holes in the Sky
—Poems and Artwork by Joyce Odam, SacramentoTHE WORLD . . . THE SUNWhen the sun came out this morning, it burned a hole in the sky and spilled its black ashes around, and whatever dared to look at it...
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Under Promised Stars
Poems by Marilyn Souza, California gary’s placetodd tells me i'm among poetsthat i need not worrybut i just saw the man i think i could fall in love withget sucker-punchedso the only thing i'm really...
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This Zigzag World
—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Art by Pablo PicassoSAN BERNARDINO(December 2015)Our memories growin still recollectionfrom our consciousnesswe will remember to blessthe souls of the...
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Just This Moment
—Today's Photos are by Ann PrivateerETCHINGS—Ann Privateer, Davis, CAmy days and nights whiz bya creature flayedon the highwayI say a prayer for family, friendsfor before the sprawlbefore...
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No End to Lovemaking
—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, LockeSOMETHING MORE PROBABLE This poem is broken. I found It that way, beyond words to fix it. It was too complex to keep in the mind Without something untold...
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The Gray Season
—Photo by Katy Brown SLOW WINTER—Joyce Odam, SacramentoThis winter starts slowly.What is this season of reluctance?Almost December, too many daysalmost warm, nights almost coldin the countdown of the...
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The Killing of Summer
—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CASOMETHING UNTOLD—Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAThe world is broken. You watchedit explode on TV, fireworksfrom backpack and vest. Now you sit dazed, dizzy, numb as...
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