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History and the Law of Secrets
—Anonymous PhotosBIG FINISH—Caschwa, Sacramento, CAHe took a taper andStomped the bottomWith his heel real hardLike one does with aWhistling PeteThen he lit the taperAnd cuffed his handsOver his ears,...
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The Formless Dance of Shadows
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHESE EXPECTATIONSA lament can be made of this—the expectation out of all we did not love as we should. For instance: the way pencils hate erasers....
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Fantasies by the Sea
—Poems by Marie J. Ross and Donald R. Anderson, Stockton, CA—Anonymous PhotosAUGUST HEATThe sun walks with sizzling shoes breathing like a demon crow on wings.Perplexed by the tires melting as they...
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Return, Return, Return
Recumbent Figure, 1938—Sculpture by Henry Moore IMPROVISATION #43:HENRY MOORE'S ERA(1898-1986)An amiable inventorof monumental bronzeand semi-abstract stone,progenitor in sculpturewe remember your...
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Monster Trucks and Immortal Sea-Milk
Funky Chicken—Photos by Cynthia Linville, Sacramento, CA—Poems by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CAMONSTER TRUCKYou are the demigod of the bitter road.You think you owe no debt to death by crash.Tires that...
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Another Music
Snapdragon Seeds—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, Ca—Visuals Provided by D.R. Wagner RIDERSThey don’t look like stars at all,But rather tissues pulled from a boxBy cats and scattered ‘round the skyLike a...
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It's In The Eyes...
Abandoned Farm Labor Housing, Davis, 2017—Poem and Photo by Charles Mariano, Sacramento, CATHE WAY I SEE IT—Charles MarianoCreativity comes purely, cleanly, from the individual. Comes and goes in all...
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Teaching Love to Sing
—Anonymous PhotoVENUS CALLING MARS AT MIDNIGHT—Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MOMillie calls the hotel at midnightto tell Willie he didn’t do anything wrong.It’s the way he didn’t do anything wrongthat’s...
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In Shadow's Promise
—Poems and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CADID WE REALLY LOVE?We were on time—at a deserted train station. We were wary of each other, now that time was goodbye. A bird screamed out from...
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Small Kindnesses
Ancient Orange Tree—Photos by Stacey Jaclyn Morgan, Fair Oaks, CA—Poems by JD DeHart, Chattanooga, TNMOUTH OF MOUNTAINSThe mouth of mountainsspeaks in rusty water,cleaned by flowing over leaves,the...
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Hanging Out
Le Métro, 1943—Artwork by Jean Dubuffet—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAWAKING UP WITH SEA GULLSWaking up with sea gullsdeparting the skyin a profusion of cloudsalong the Cape Cod beachthe noon air...
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Blue Jays and Calico
Where Fences Were—Poems by Donal Mahoney, St. Louis, MO—Photos of the American River by Katy Brown, Davis, CABLUE JAYS AND CALICOThey've been here for yearstwo blue jays who live in our yardyear round....
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Something We Can Call Morning
Selfie on a Rainy Day as Lemon Meringue Pie—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA—Artwork Provided by D.R. WagnerCHINESE SUITSWe were invited to the trialBut somehow the children got confusedOr were unable...
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Somehow Thunder and Lightning
Michael H. Brownstein, Townsville, N. Queensland, AustraliaNIGHT BEGAN THIS WAY ONE FEBRUARY Dusk, a mascara sky, its eyeliner running,And he can barely see the purple of his hands.Then the rains...
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Fireflies and Star Debris
Suns in the Dark—Photo by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CATURNING BACK—Taylor GrahamMormon Emigrant TrailHow many days of moving away from their own shadows, following the sun west over mountains,...
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The City of Lost Love
—Poems and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE LANDSCAPE OF THE NIGHT ROOMAfter Leonara Carrington, Self-Portrait (II)"A L’Auberge du Cheval d’Aube", c. 1938The room has blocked me. The...
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As Persephone Leaves Hades...
Awakening—Poems by Linda M. Crate, Meadville, PA—Anonymous PhotosHERE I AMi walk ina world of darknesswith lightbecause i am both the sun& the moonboth shadow and lanterni choose goodness and...
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What Did We Know?
Vermont Snow—Anonymous Photo—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MAIMPROVISATION #280HANGING ONWith an invisibilityof shadowy flakesover the windshieldresonant by my fast feetmoving to Mozart'spiano...
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Right Left of Wrong
I'm Watching U—Poems and Photos by Smith, Cleveland, OHSISYPHUS MISTCrawl slow and deep from slink of sleepto thick awaketo foot the fog of day till sleep's returnin constant loop of voodoo rue we do...
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Achilles Weeping
Fantasy Universe—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA—Visuals Courtesy of D.R. WagnerAS EASYAs easy as going to sleep allowsThe dragons to slip into the room,Out of the drains, out of those spacesIn your...
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