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Like a Box of Paints
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAAROUND ME THE LIGHT EXPANDS Around me the light expands,a rainbow of dream—a nebula of creation—my own thought.The...
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Deserted by the Muse
—Poems by Michael Marrotti, Pittsburgh, PA—Anonymous PhotosWRITER’S BLOCKI've been fuckinglike a teenagerspewing cumlike a rock starthe winning lottery ticketis within my grasp I can ditch the title of...
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Crazy Songs Under the Stars
Robin—Anonymous Photos —Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAEXPECTATIONSForgetting it's dawnwith its daily tasksand the hands at five A.M.on my grandfather clockI leave for Vermontfeeling...
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$uper$eeking
Earth Orbit—Poems and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OHSTATUS REPORT 129I take in the mourning moonthe fog moonthe snow moonthe beaver moonafter the blood moonafter the blue moon supermoon fool...
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Joining the Endless Tides
D.R. Reading at Sac. Poetry Center—Poems and Photos by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CACANTICLE DESCRIBING WONDERWho was it joined the hurricaneTo the canticle describing wonder?Clipping it to centuries long...
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When Time is a Cave
—Photo by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE CHOREOGRAPHY IN WINTER(After “Arctic Heart” Poem Cycle by Gretel Ehrlich)—Joyce Odam She is the dancer made of light.He is the shadow to which she molds.Both...
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The Watchers
—Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CATHE WATCHFUL OAKS—Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAThey stood over what was oncea literary society’s dance and social hall.The town’s not mythical, just hard to...
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When I Was a Crane
—Poems by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CA—Original Art by Joyce FILLING THE WOOD BOXthe swans are crying unto the northwestin bright sunlightthe ragged V of them pointing the way through winteryou hear them...
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Toying With Hearts
—Poems by Linda M. Crate, Meadville, PA—Photos by Stacey Jaclyn Morgan, Fair Oaks, CA disappearing act i'm the crack on the wallbecause even thefly is noticed,and as i move no one else makesa...
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Bell Rock Lighthouse, 1819—Painting by J.M.W. TurnerMY FRIEND EMILYEmily spurnedall other artistsin her art thesisbut Turnerwhom she adoredas much as Blakeand the Dutch masterssuch as Vermeeranother...
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Alice on the Barricades
Daleks from Dr. Who—Poems by Neil Fulwood, Nottingham, UKTHE DALEK IN DESPAIR“Eck – eck – eck –” You’d thinkhe’d been presented with a staircaseor a one-in-three gradient. (Allowing,of course, for the...
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Language of the Winds
Angel—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA—Visual Provided by D.R. WagnerLANDSCAPE WITH BLUE LIGHTSI’m not going to watch this.I’m not going to stand alone.I’m reaching the edge of town soonAnd I can’t...
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Watch Out For The Dragon!
Year of the Fire Rooster—Anonymous PhotoKILLING TIME IN A CEMETERY—Kathy Kieth, Diamond Springs, CASan Jose is a big town: lots of people diehere, and the cemetery full of mossy markersgoes on for...
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A Black Limb Hovering
—Photo by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAEAVESDROPPING GHAZAL—Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CAThe heart of Cassiopeia throbs in heaven.Night returns splendiferous in satin folds.In the grand hall, a...
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As Pagan as Fast Music
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAPOEM FOR YESTERDAY(Another poem for Ann)Do not let me hold your sadness.I might bruise it like a flower.It is too valuable a thingto give away—no—save it...
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The Hammering Hooves of Sleaze (Please Pass the Cheez-Its)
Bridal Veil Falls, Fresh Pond, CA—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CA—Poems by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CAFOR THE COLDEST SEASON Lhude sing goddamn! —Ezra PoundUntil warm days come back, I hate...
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Improvising With Phil
Groundhog Day, 2017 (Anonymous Photo of Phil in his Youth)—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Spring Tulip Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CAIMPROVISATION #52WINSLOW HOMER'S TIME(1836-1910)Never...
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Facing the Void
—Poems by Michael Marrotti, Pittsburgh, PA—Anonymous Photos to Celebrate our Seed of the Week, CandlelightBAPTIST CHURCHOppressive traditions are meant to be broken like the beaks of nosey...
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It Is All Music
Grapes—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA—Visuals provided by D.R. WagnerIN THE TIME BEFORE THE MOONIn the time before the moonThere were men who are nowNot men as we know them.They could walk beneath the...
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Like Fallen Leaves
—Poem and Photo by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAJAN. 29, 2017 Wakamatsu Community FarmAfter our nation locked so many doors, we met in the morning, edge of shadowed woods waking to song of...
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