Poems from the 20th Anniversary Authors' Anthology
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 Remember Treesong Waterweave So far we are still witness
***Borderless Butterflies: Earth Haikus and Other Poems Mariposas sin fronteras: Haikus terrenales y otros poemas by Francisco X. Alarcon
Federico García Lorca / Roque Dalton / Gloria Anzaldúa
| oh poetas del mundo de ayer, mañana, siempre sin fronteras hermano del alma hermano en lucha hermana mestiza pusieron en riesgo sus vidas en versos – y ante mentiras, la verdad 9 de diciembre de 2013 | o poets of the world from yesterday, tomorrow forever borderless soulmate brother brother in struggle Mestiza sister you risked your lives in poems – choosing truth over lies December 9,2013 |
New poems James Downs
Whispers in the grass
The sheer abruptness of sweetness on the tongue the full dawning of sunflowers in the mind the repetitive mirror taken down off the wall the shouldered certainty of sightings in the throat what is it we seek in this life of woe the twinkled brightness of benevolence near the stars the tried- and-true of whispers in the grass the hunger danger of hope in the heart
***The Nature of Mountains John Peterson
dark season we keep finding small places that let the smell of herbs come through rosemary before its put in the black skillet with potatoes onions and black pepper basil oregano and cilantro growing on the roof top deck where the sound of pigeons and sunsets fill the sky and early morning bells from the methodist steeple stand out against the snow covered peaks of the cuyamacas the source of rain in the spider plant the deep smell of burning oak eucalyptus both wet and shining and played out in smoke this is the season the bear sleeps where you and i slowly give in and lay front to back like spoons in a velvet embrace
***Landscape of a Woman and a Hummingbird Joe Milosch
He twists his neck to catch the sun, which turns his throat to the same shade of red as the fluid in the gourd-shaped feeder. Peeling grilled tomatoes, she lifts her head to see him dip his beak, turn his head, and burst into shadow. As they slip through her fingers, tomato seeds become prayer beads, which seem suspended for a moment before falling into her salsa.
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