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No Death in the Wise
Parklandschaft—Paintings by Hubert Robert (1733-1808)—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAHEARING BACHWaking upSunday morninghearing Bach's"Coffee Cantata"while partakingfrom a bone China cup...
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Love and Utopia
Sunrise over Pittsburgh—Anonymous PhotoSTALIN’S MOUSTACHE—Michael Marrotti, Pittsburgh, PAIf Pittsburghwore a moustacheit would be a replicaof Joseph Stalin's If Pittsburghhad nice thingsto say in...
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There Is No Alone
The Boy Who Stole the Moon—Anonymous Painting—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CATOWARD AN UNDERSTANDINGI was once given a language.I could come to create a music.It burned in my body and could Light up...
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Our Lonely Orbitsong
STATIONS OF THE LOST - FOR LENNY BRUCE—Smith (Steven B. Smith), Cleveland, OHLabels and Generalities, behold the number of the yeast We will all be marked swollen in the mourning And if not promptly...
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Go Back To Dreaming
Wild Mushrooms—Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAPRAISE TO ALL—Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CAwho feed geesefor winter migrations;pass Peace Pipes;rescue strays;hungry kids saving penniesfor other...
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Winter, Deep and Serious
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAWINTER, DEEP AND SERIOUSI should be writing a letter to someone I love, but today I fall short of love. It’s winter—deep and serious—deep as my mood, and...
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Thicker Than Memory
Coburn, while desire lasted—Photo by Stacey Jaclyn Morgan, Fair Oaks, CA—Poems by JD DeHart, Chattanooga, TNSUPERHERO CITYFourth-grade math, split with fifth-gradersThe aged eagle swooping over the...
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December Journeys
—Paintings by Paul Klee (1879-1940)—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAEMILY'S BIRTHDAY GIFTIt is not without tensionthat I'm in Amherstfor a changedisposing of a blue gentianresembling lapis lazulion...
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From Across the Street
December in Hawaii—Anonymous Photos—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MOFARMER JOHN MEETS SOMEONE NICEFarmer John knows he's oldbut didn’t think he was that old until he went to town one dayand met a...
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Misunderstood Paradise
The Great Apes—Photos and Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CATHE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITYThere is never a direction here.I can wrap the entire placeIn silk that forms a secret bodyOf streets and secret...
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Both Halves
—Anonymous ArtworkBOTH HALVES OF THE MOON REQUIRED —Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA This winter has a way to undecidewhether to glow by sun or shimmer down rain.So humans, even lovers, have twin...
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Various Realities
Dave Boles reading at Sacramento Voices Dec. 17—Photo by Michelle Kunert, Sacramento, CA“THE LAST WOLVERINE IN GEORGETOWN”—Taylor GrahamA surprise for the stuffed wolverineon that Tuesday, snatched...
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The Time-Shaped Jar
—Poems and Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAHEDGEHOG POEMBrazenly based on “Hedgehog in the Fog” by Yuriy NorshteynWhen I was out walking in fog one day, I met a materializ-ing old horse with sad...
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Sing it, Frank!
Antique Engraving, The Seasons—Anonymous Photos —Poems by Michael Johnson, Itasca, ILSING IT FRANK, PHYSICAL THERAPYSing it FrankI'm busy at physical therapystruggling with back spasmslooking out this...
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While Sparrows Sing
—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Photos of the Reutlinger Mansion in San Francisco by Michelle Kunert, Sacramento, CAON THE TRAINOn the trainoutside South Stationa sparrow glances at signsbeating...
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News From the Great Gauze
Mindspark—Poems, Aurals and Visuals by Smith (Steven B. Smith), Cleveland, OHCOCK-A-DOODLE DOThe Great Gauze Abovewraps Earth belowin white cumulus cloudburnished sun bright sky blueover gleam glass...
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Asking for Angels
—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA(Visuals also thanks to D.R.)THE PINK DARKNESSThe pink darkness has a perfectForm. No ash of dreamingClings to it, no dawn rulesIt with whirlpools of relentlessTime....
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Too Easy to Forget...
—Photo by Michelle Kunert, Sacramento, CA—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MOA WORLD WITHOUT SELFIES—Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MOTwin sonsin different citiesdecked out in new suitsfly home for the...
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Moments of Renewal
Golden Celebration (Rose)—Photo by Stacey Jaclyn Morgan, Fair Oaks, CAFAREWELL TO RIOTOUS SUMMER—Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CA under the heart leaves tree, I restin warm sun like honey spreading...
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A White Singing of Birds
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAREVISIONINGSA play of sevens, and the soft air of night.A chair by a window.Light lying across the rug. A sound from thestreet. Rain-swish. Moan.A...
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