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The Dreams of Angels
Roman Child, Cleveland Art Museum—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CACHANGING ROOMSI keep thinking I am not dreaming.That I just can’t get it right.The person writing has committedHimself to...
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Listen to the Muse
(—Anonymous)LISTEN TO THE MUSE—Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO Never engagein conversationa man with a bearddown to his testicles talking to himselfunder a viaductat midnight if all the bulbsunder the...
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Celebrating Freedom
—Anonymous PhotoHOW TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN—Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAMother averts her eyes, clutching guardrail of a two-lane that snakes up on switchbacks from the river,while Father walks out on...
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The Hot or Cold of Life
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAAN OLD SUMMERI am in the small sailboat on the pond,one among many such boats.It is late summer.I am up to my knees in the pond,gliding my boat carefully...
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We Are the River
Death for the Idea, 1915—Painting by Paul Klee—Poems Today by Neil Ellman, Livingston, NJ DEATH FOR THE IDEA(after the painting by Paul Klee) IIt comes as suddenlyas lightning from a...
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Silver Into Aqua Fortis
Alchemical Preparation of Silver Nitrate—De re metallica, 1556 A BEAT DREAMS OF ST. FRANCISOn the second handof a third note laughterby the fourth estatenear the fifth dimensionof the sixth day of...
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Visiting Tor House
Robinson Jeffers—Poems by David Wright, Sacramento, CASCARVES AROUND THEIR DELICATE NECKSThere are lucky poets withFaces perfectly matching their art.Bukowski was one.Look at Jeffers, his stern &...
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Hoping For Wings
Some Night Light—Anonymous Painting—Poems and Photos by D. R. Wagner, Locke, CAANOTHER THING POETS DOThey never should have askedUs to listen to these songs.We knew them, yes, we knewThey were the ones...
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Weather of the Heart
Annie Menebroker—Photo by Katy BrownTHE WEATHER OF THE HEART—Ann Menebroker (for P.W. for saving this poem out of its season)The day seems absurdly large.There are piles of colored...
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Stories to Tell
Stilt-Walking Clowns, Cal. State Fair, 2016—Photo by Michelle Kunert, Sacramento, CAPRESENTATION—Caschwa (now retired), Sacramento, CATake a poem you’ve writtenAny one at allTo your favorite poetry...
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To Meadowlarks Everywhere
—Poems, Artwork and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA YOUR SINGING ~ for Ann, singing in the echo chamberYou were that singer in echo chambers.How fully your voice rose in all...
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Roses Love the Heat
Mojo Master —Photos by Cynthia Linville, Sacramento, CAAC FAILURE (with Fan Intervention)—Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA This airless house a centurydeep in heat no gadget stirs,I conjure archaic rotarysurge...
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A Place to Sing
Landscape I—Paintings by Amedeo ModiglianiWHEN DAY SETTLES (For Annie Menebroker, in memoriam) When day settlesthe poet is still at homeon night waves of the seato fulfill her wish for...
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A Past That's Worth Hiding
Acid Smith—Poems and Photos by Smith, Cleveland, OH STATUS REPORT 127Piling high the sticks and stonesmixing muck, dirt, and earthShe-God cries "Up and atom, Adam,"then nudging his ribssteals his...
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Silent Flowers on the Edge of Dreaming
St. Francis Church Window—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CACLAIMING TO KNOW THE SUNRISEI have left the golden skein unraveling.It makes a glow in all of this poetry.It allows me to use images...
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Song of Quietness
California Coast from Robinson Jeffers' Tor House, Carmel, CA—Anonymous PhotoSONG OF QUIETNESS—Robinson Jeffers, 1887-1962Drink deep, drink deep of quietness, And on the margins of the seaRemember...
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Enough Hell to Share
Victoria Mendoza Folklorico DancersCalif. State Fair, 2016—Photo by Michelle Kunert, SacramentoANOTHER DAY IS PASSED BY A (VERY) MINOR POET—James Lee Jobe, Davis, CA Cheese, the crust of the earth,...
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An Interruption of Crow
Bird Flying High in Sunburst Sky—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAPALE DANCERS IN PURPLE DARKOh yes, my weary dancers, thespotlight prisons you upon the stageand you are locked in...
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Beyond Our Whereabouts
Al Van Horn Plays Harmonica and Performs Spoken WordWhile M.C. Halie O'Ryan Plays Guitar at El Dorado County's annual"Cowboys and Cornbread" in Placerville, July 17, 2016—Poems and C & C Photos...
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Laughter's Ink Dreams
Bay of Angels—Paintings of Angels by Marc Chagall (1887-1985)—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA HYANNISIt is early by the rosesof the iron gatesin garden plotsfamilies gatherto eat...
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