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Holding Each Other's Dark
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoTWO : ONE DRINKING FASTER THAN THE OTHERI was with a drunk and lonely friendwho bore my name like sorrow on the tongue,who said me slowly while I poured the...
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Miching Mallecho
—Poems by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Anonymous Photos LARGESSE-SPACESWhat is it about those largesse-spaces,public mausoleums, Grand Centrals,that makes me seek hidden places,underparts, mole-tunnels,...
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Love Twice
Spring is Just Around the Corner—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Photos by Denise Flanagan, Newton, MADECEMBER BLUESTrees take their leave of usyour lover is gonelife is anonymous,green days are...
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Dreaming in the Smoke
SORROW—Chu Shu-chen (c. 1200, trans. by Kenneth Rexroth) The white moon gleams through scuddingClouds in the cold sky of the NinthMonth. The white frost weighs down theLeaves and the branches bend...
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Enchanted by Mirrors
—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CADURING THE FIRESTORM I was waiting at the top of the ladder. How about yellow moths? My brother called up to me, Really big yellow moths? No, I said. I’ll...
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Friendship
Ann Menebroker, Phil Weidman, Kathy Kieth, D.R. WagnerAnd a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship."Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with...
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Peacocks and Maneki Neko
—Photo by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAJUST LOOKING—Taylor GrahamA peacock drags his royal tail behind him, between storms, pacing the city wall above a tide of streets, their rushing cars and...
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Welcoming St. Lucy
Strange Cargo, Locke, CA—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoAFTER HOURS, AFTER RAINwindow shoppinglooking for timein the lit windowsof the nightour facesin reflectionshine and complimentour very...
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Just Different Crazy
Shadow Bar Smith—Poems and Artwork by Steven B. Smith, Cleveland, OH STATUS REPORT 74The sweet pouch of poetrylies in nightfrom 4 a.m. to just before lightor in the dark of days right before bedwhen...
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Always in Exile
T Street Walkway—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAIN THE ARCTIC GARDENTiny snowflakes from the skysent to a circle of friendstaking a coffee breakstepping outside...
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New Yo-Yos and Giant Sombreros
—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO—Photos by Michelle Kunert, Sacramento, CAA NEW YO-YO ON CHRISTMAS DAYI took grandson Jackfor a walk in the parkhigh noon on Christmas Day.He wanted to see his...
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Bells of the Morning
—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CASUCH WAS MY HOME The song breaks open, Spills on the floor, Looking for something That will become the bells Of the morning, your smile, Or water making...
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Creation Mist
Raven Talking His Tale—Anonymous PhotoCREATION MIST—Smith, Cleveland, OHWhole bunch of what-if maybe theorieson the how what why where whenof us, this, that, everything, nothing, imaginary numbers,...
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Improvidence of Light
Dark of the Year, I—Photo by Taylor GrahamTHE OLD YEAR RUNNING OUT, AWAY—Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAMorning fog’s settled in with rain. Can’t tell where we’re going or where we’ve come from. Rain’s...
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The Month of Turning
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, SacramentoINDISPOSITIONThe new year is coming and I am still in the curve of the old—dragging myself backward—holding on to autumn with its soft linger of...
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Leaving the Garden
Afternoon Patchwork—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CABirds fled from me, and night invaded me with her powerful force. —Pablo Neruda Earthworms dug...
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No Regrets
Felix the Cat—Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol (1984-85)NEW YEAR'S WISHESUnder the daylight elmwanting to touch the weaveand hem of His garmentor the robe of loveafter reading the...
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Starting 2016
This little troll sits on Poet Loch Henson's desk,bringing her good poems and good luck throughout the year.—Photo by Loch Henson, Diamond Springs, CA A DIFFERENT NEW YEAR’S EVE—Donal Mahoney, St....
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Riding the Back of Night
—Poems, and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CATHE ROOM OF TINY THORNS The room of tiny thorns Decorated with the Skater’s Waltz. I own comets, many of them. All the news was already Old by the time it...
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Smoke of the Dragons
(Anonymous)I am praying again, Awesome One. —Rainer Maria RilkeA new day is born, Awesome One, and I am praying for the teeth and smoke of the dragons, for the hungry...
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