January 6th, 2018 by admin
New poem by Kim Shuck
2017 Poet Laureate of San Francisco
Drought Break
Weaving of water is layered
Sitting in the rain
Feet dragging in the runoff
I know there are trees coming down tonight
Drought tired
Clots of soil run free
Sailors still catch and spill
Windpainting
Still navigate by song
Remember...
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Posted in: Forever Journal,
January 2nd, 2018 by admin
Poetic Matrix Press'
20th Anniversary Authors' Anthology
246 pages, Price $20.00, available from Small Press Distribution (SPD) www.spdbooks.org
With material from our 60 books and 45 authors (including new pieces from many) this is a true reflection of So Many Voices that we have had the privilege...
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Posted in: Poets Comment into the World,
May 27th, 2017 by admin
Refining the moment
Reach out a quavering hand to touch rock
bird bones may be Hollow... but they are heavy
.
colors of Fall are proportional to colors of Spring
there's a giant in the Sky prepared to roar
.
find yourself in company of No less than three
Genealogy tells only part of a...
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Posted in: Uncategorized, Forever Journal,
February 21st, 2016 by admin
Here are two poems that have similar subjects enough to be connected.
Speak it into being
I didn't believe but
.......I spoke it into being
and ever infinitesimal
.......I became what I am
and that is what I was meant
.......to be
all this journeying time
Wait
long enough
and something...
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July 19th, 2015 by admin
ONE STORY OF HOMELESSNESS
In an online discussion about donating to the homeless, I waited to see if any other people who had been homeless in their life responded. I find it fascinating that we as a species make judgements without even asking what that person's experience has been. I like the person...
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May 30th, 2015 by admin
137 bullets (a lament)
.
.
shots rang out…rang out…rang out
they have them cornered and shots
started ringing out…it was as if 13
fingers resting against 13 triggers
couldn’t hold back any more and so
shots rang out…rang out…rang out
.
no one even knew if they were alive
or dead inside
.
.
James Downs...
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May 16th, 2015 by admin
THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
by James Downs
Too many people are paying no attention. Too much is going by in front of them, because they, like everyone else, have busy lives. ...But what is not understood is that the plans, the legislation, that are hidden in lies and disguising words, affects every...
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