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Eccentric Music
ExcelsiorUNBORN MOUNTAINSFish swim through them.They collect things no one has seenFor millions of years.They know names of things we haveNever heard of and can say who dwellsThere. They speak to fish...
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Bullshit, Said Poetry
—Photo by Richard Hansen, SacramentoI SAID TO POETRY—Alice WalkerI said to Poetry: "I'm finishedwith you."Having to almost diebefore some weird lightcomes creeping throughis no fun."No thank you,...
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You Da' Boss!
Eva West reading last Saturday at theFoam at the Mouth poetry series—Photo by Michelle Kunert, Sacramento sacramento —evan myquest, rancho murietasuch a reasonable cityonly when traveling northis it...
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If It Ain't Broke...
DEATH OF THE CLOCKAfter the moment has closed the hourthere will be no other.The clock will close timeas we close a finished book.We shall be caughtin some foolish moment of our doing:raising a hand to...
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Tempus Fugit!
Fire in the Wall—Photo by Katy Brown, DavisPERENNIAL—Tom Goff, CarmichaelThick smoke invests the air for miles around.But “miles around” supposes a pleasing distance.This intimate gray presumes upon...
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From An Earth-Wise Voice
TWO DANTE BIRTHDAYS(May 21, 1265 & May 12, 1828)—B.Z. NiditchI read you, Dantein Latinwhile at a schoolin ManhattanThen metanother May birthdaypoet and artistDante Gabriel Rosetti,all hats off to...
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Cheat The Flesh, Baby
How to Color an Elephant—Artwork by Dave BolesGOD KILLER—Dave Boles, Grass Valleywhen you run with evilshifting through gears withyour fingersin the sockets of a skullyou learn a bitabout demonsnot the...
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Crow Made of Light
Ceramic LionA CROWA crow made of lightCame to our house today.It sat upon the swing setAnd would not let the children play.It was so very bright.We could not look awayAnd when it cawed, sparks flewFrom...
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Casting For A Myth
American Flag, St. Andrew's ChurchCollumpton, Devon, England—Photo by Katy BrownCASTING FOR A MYTH—Katy Brown, DavisIf I close my eyes I can see my brotherpatiently casting—the fragile line—see the fly...
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Eager to Dance
—Photo by Ann PrivateerPEA GREEN—Carol Louise Moon, SacramentoIt doesn't have to be May for meto find the color Pea Green.In the dead of winter I brave theouter edge of open door, ventureinto icy blue,...
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Where There's Smoke...
FIRE POEMO welcome to me now.You have remembered meand are here.Come close to the fire.I am cold.Hold my hands.They are shaking to touch you.Dry the rain from my body.I have been standing...
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Medusa's Birthday!
Tygh-Bo before shearing—Photo by Taylor GrahamGLASS HOUSE—Taylor Graham, PlacervilleThe neighbors said she never had guests. Not even family. No elephant in the parlor. See-through walls proved no...
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Doors, Trails, and Hairy Hands
—Photo by Robert Lee Haycock, Antiochthe door I hear—Evan Myquest, Rancho Murietawhat is it with anxious mortalsand their fascination with the unrigid portalsis it a function of declining hourglass...
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Walt's Birthday
—Photo by Richard Hansen, SacramentoODE TO A MUD PUDDLE—Samira Noorali, SacramentoYummy muddy puddle:A seasonal dessert. A creamy fudge oasis In a bumpy soil bowl. A pupilless, dark umber eye Always...
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Remembering Your Sweetness
Threading the NeedleAN EARLY MORNING IN LATE MAYLeaving the full moon stranded, honeyedClouds dripping from its face.Trapped inside high pressure,The trees afraid to move.The night dragging itself...
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The Marvelous Journey
Ithaka, famous as the island of OdysseusITHAKA—Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933)As you set out for Ithakahope the voyage is a long one,full of adventure, full of discovery.Laistrygonians and Cyclops,angry...
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Unfriending the Dead
Fort Ross, California—Photo by Cynthia LinvilleTAKE A HOLIDAY—B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAIt's a holidayrelaxforget computerand the faxFor today axe the I.R.S.and unpaid taxesall ways and means,try some...
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The Obesity of Tears
SAPPHICS FOR LOST CHILDRENThere they are—the innocents—in the old woods:two lost children—fairy tale setting—dangerwaiting for them. See how they enter with theirbread crumbs to scatteron the path for...
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Metamorphic Intervals
Patricia D'AlessandroBAHIA DE CASARES —Pat D'AlessandroTrumpet morning glories weave a tapestry of purple on the hillswhere homes have chimneys that angle beneath terracotta tiles,and my feet are...
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Where Does Your Shadow Go?
Joan McNerney, Ravena, NY WHEN THE MOON IS NEWGroping through darknessknocking everything down.Down into enormous nightwhere thoughts unravel.Memories moan past us asshadows quiver across walls.We lie...
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