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Nine Espinellas
Janet Pantoya, Woodinville, WABORED—Janet L. PantoyaDreaming away the hours,wondering what to do next.Clean out the closet? Send a text?Go outside, water the flowers?No, the forecast is rain...
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Murdering Croissants & Dutch Beer
—Poster by Alphonse Mucha, 1898—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAIN HAVERHILLA cloudy skyyet feeling aliveat ten years oldat the thrillof riding a race horseshielding my eyesyet reprievedin my...
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Cinderella's Slipper
—Poems by Linda M. Crate, Meadville, PA —Anonymous Photos you need a better personality i am who i am,but you were always tryingto tame and cage me;domesticate me when i was never meant tobe anything...
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The Torn Corner of the Morning
Elves of the Hills—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA(—Artwork Provided by D.R. Wagner)THE DEEP GIFTINGIt was a deep and thick-browed sleepThat came upon me, full of halls and doorways,Some of flame and...
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Cutting Out Those Cheeseburgers!
Astronomical Clock, Prague—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO (—Anonymous Photos)TWO COOTS ON NEW YEAR’S EVEMonths roar by like weeksand weeks disappear like days, two coots in a bar admiton New...
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Pistachio Dreams (You've Been Here Before)
Get to Work—Photo by Robert Lee Haycock, Antioch, CATO BE CONTINUED—Robert Lee HaycockThe wider worldSick as a dogThrowing up another buildingBone Woman rolls out my buffalo blanketSister Mary Patrick...
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A Sharpness of Birdsong
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAI NAME MYSELF WINTER I go against the world today, put all my forceagainst its cold, pull on the layers to protect,name myself Winter.I learn to...
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La Petite Grande
—Poems by Donald R. Anderson, Stockton, CA(—Anonymous Photos)LOVE POEM FOR NIKKI (10/13/2016)I love the clearness of your eyeswhen we're looking at each otherstretched out on blankets like long lost...
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In the Spin of a Lifespan
Wall of Lights—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MANEW YEAR GREETINGA reveler, travelerpoet and troubadourgreeting you my readersfrom my soundproof studiowith a...
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That Blue Whisper
Allison Grayhurst, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTO LEARN THE SCARLET VISIONWhere does it go, the shelter and the death?What does it feed, that oldloathing sterility that laughs at allcreations, masters them...
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The Mathematics of the Invisible
—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA—Photos Courtesy of D.R. WagnerVISION TRADERBefore the shadows got too softThere was a man who tradedIn visions. He was a surgeonOf sorts who barely left a markWhen he...
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Wool Slippers and Hot Punch
—Anonymous PhotoRAIN…RAIN…RAIN!—indira babbellapati Rain on tinned roofRain on concreteRain soaking into sandsRain on soft earthRain on metal roadRain on windscreenRain falling into the seaRain in the...
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Frogs in Our Cake Pans
Lake Reflection—Photo by Taylor Brown, Placerville, CA RIGHT NOW,I have no frogs in my cake pans—the ones I put out as shallow pools of water on my deck, where my wet-mop hangs after swabbing the...
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The Dreamer You Dreamed
—Poems and Zentangles by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAAMALGAMATIONAfter “I Remember You As You Were” by Pablo NerudaFrom Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair In the pool— in the pool of light, I float...
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Becoming a River
—Poems by Jennifer Fenn, Fresno, CAJOGGING INTO A MAGAZINEBefore our bus leavesthe Canadian town called Hope,I take a morning jog.I spot a small wooden churchnestled amid the trees.Have I jogged into a...
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Riding to Visit Miss Dickinson
Emily Dickinson—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAOPENING DAYHearing "Sweet Caroline"on my bleacher's seatopening my luggageswitching on my razorreaching to shaveat the Red Sox gamefacing off with...
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A Marinade of Rainbows
Hail Rain Rainbow—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO A LADY BUT NOT A GENTLEMANDeep into a warm winterthe Japanese red maple keepsher crown of brilliant leavesas if...
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A Handful of Buttons
A Corner of My Living Room—Poems and Visuals by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CAA DOCUMENTI have a documentThat will explain your fate.But it is so full of fairy talesAnd adventure stories, of the ilkOf R.L....
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Mighty Giants
Past and present views of the fallen Pioneer Cabin Tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Arnold, Calif. Famous for a "drive-thru" hole carved into its trunk, the giant sequoia was toppled over by a...
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Freeflowing: Bounty of the Rain Queen
Creek in the Rain —Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CATWO POEMS FROM THE SIXTIES—Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA1. FREEFLOWING IN BERKELEYTammy opens her eyes wider thanshe needs to see. Snow Whiteis...
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