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As Drops of Dew
—Poems by Tom Goff, Carmichael, CA—Anonymous PhotosNEAR NEWCASTLE, EARLY SPRING North Fork, American RiverEverywhere black butterfliestongue drams from Blue Dick, fiddlenecks;these insects...
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Grace is Our Swan
Child in Rain—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA—Visuals Provided by D.R. WagnerNOT AFRAIDNot afraid of anything,Holes in the world, countriesWhose names are unpronounceable,The scores of insects in the...
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Juice and Joy
—Photo by Katy Brown, Davis, CASPRING—Gerard Manley HopkinsNothing is so beautiful as Spring— When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low...
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We Are All Together
Le Passe-Muraille —Sculpture by Jean Marais—Anonymous Photo WINDMILLS—Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CA Sculpture by Jean Marais, Le Passe-Muraille, a tribute to Parisian writer Marcel Aymé...
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The Walls of My Resistance
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CATHE WHITE SHADOW OF LONELINESSTonight the white shadow of lonelinessflows down upon the silent roomwhere someone sits in reminiscence in the quiet...
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Pan Gone Wild
Spring Tepees—Poems and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CAGREEN PANICThe great god Pan’s gone wildon our acres, piping wind-music throughall the holes in our world of pasture—ground squirrel...
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Mayflower Breeze
Ocean West Drive (Silkscreen, 1974)—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA—Artwork by Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)PLYMOUTHAmid the rocksand sand on the beachthe trees reached outafter the storm hid...
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Like Cotton Candy
—Poems by Sunjuvit Banerjee, Atlanta, GA—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CATHE STORIES, ONCE LOSTFifty steps from the Durga-Pooja pandaland all the noises of a mad city,a tea shop owner readslost stories...
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The Words of Lovers
Bees—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA—Anonymous Visuals Provided by D.R.THE VANISHINGIt began with the wind.It always is the wind.It is that voice that movesThrough our clothing and overOur skin as if...
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An Exultation of Meadowlarks
Bunny Prayers AT EASTER—D.R. Wagner, Locke, CAA passacaglia of yellowFlowers wandering through Spring until they are surprisedBy a riot of RembrandtTulips and insistent hyacinths Scattered beneath the...
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Sunflowers and Rosebuds
—Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CARAINBOW CINQUAIN—Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CAOnlythis green hilltopand I watching as sunpulls undried raindrops back intothe sky.__________________TO A WILD...
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April Stanzas
—Poems and Photos by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CAAPRIL STANZASI watch the treetops swishing in the air; their joy(or agitation) is what my watching gives them. That small dark bird—but a...
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Riddles of the Night Falcons
—Poems by Sheikha A., Karachi, Pakistan—Photos by Caschwa, Sacramento, CARED RIBBONSThere are red ribbons tied to the doortonight: charity for spirits. Was itconsidered before setting loosesomeone...
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A Wall of Lilies
—Poems by B.Z. Niditch, Brookline, MA(Anonymous Photos)PERHAPSPerhaps beyondthe wall of liliesaround the riverclearing the Nevaour hearts would collapsefrom the church timesin prayerof chimesas...
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Crazed by the Honey
—Poems by Donal Mahoney, Belleville, IL—Photos by Katy Brown, Davis, CAHONEYDEW SHERBETDown the patio walk,white stones, through the garden,under the trellis toward meyellow frock, yellow hairrising...
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Fruits of the Earth
Earth SpiritEarth Day, 2017—Poems by D.R. Wagner, Locke, CA—Anonymous Visuals Courtesy of D.R. Wagner FRUITS OF THE EARTHNight decides to take over the conversation.The shadows stir, the spiders...
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Trees Need Not Walk...
—Anonymous Photo TREES NEED NOT WALK THE EARTH—David Rosenthal, 1920Trees need not walk the earth For beauty or for bread; Beauty will come to them Where they stand. Here among the children of the...
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Souvenirs
Sunset, Mekong RiverNong Khai, Thailand—Photo by Loch Henson, Diamond Springs, CACOME ALONG—down the woods trail and past the ponds. Let’s pry the lid off what we know. Find a way to meadow in the...
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One Thorn for Love
Sun Flare—Poems and Original Artwork by Joyce Odam, Sacramento, CASELFNESSHere we go hungering after life again,despite certain hallways and dark-hung mirrorswhere we continually walk toward and...
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Editing My Life
Detective Johnson—Poems by Michael Lee Johnson, Itasca, IL—Photos Courtesy of Michael JohnsonDETECTIVE POETIC JOHNSON HEREDecember 1st 2016,detective Johnson here.I see my shrink for the 1st time,I’m...
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