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“across her heart lizards were treading tenderly” – Guest Poetry Blog Series #24 – Part Two of Two – U.S. Poet J.I. Kleinberg Introduces U.S. Poet/Artist Joanna Thomas

—15— wolfsbane.bumblebee. buttercup.rununculus. bela lugosi. Joanna Thomas, from u.v.u.lar.i.a.: wild flower haiku field book , a haiku chapbook inspired by participation in the 2023 Seabeck Haiku Getaway. J.I. (JUDY) KLEINBERG FEATURES U.S. […]

Poetry and Paper Magic with Found Text – Guest Poetry Blog #24 – Introducing the Latest Contributor, American Artist, Poet and Freelance Writer , J. I. Kleinberg – Part One of Two

American artist, poet, and freelance writer J. I. Kleinberg. From here the days will fatten, sipping seconds of light through the chilly straw of winter to brighten and brighten among […]

Catch and Release – Poems by Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha Who Has Now Shared his Harrowing Story of Being Detained at a Border Crossing By Israeli Soldiers in Late November, 2023

Doves perch on the roof of our hen coop, guzzle water from rain puddles. In the neighborhood, ducks and hens pick what the wind has carried and laid on the […]

At the End of a Tumultuous Year a Celebration of Resilience and Hanging In – Five Poems by Hilbert, Stafford, Orr, Hayden and Holm

Red Paint If you look at the cedar ʔəbil’ čəxʷ gʷəšuuc tiʔəʔ x̌pay’ you’ll see how it bends č(ə)xʷa šudxʷ ʔəsčal kʷi suqəčil and doesn’t break gʷəl xʷiʔ gʷəsuxʷəƛ̓ and […]

Checking for an Archangel or the Buddha. Guest Poetry Blog #23 – Introducing the Latest Contributor, American poet Luther Allen – Part One of Two

rising first thing every morning i look into the yard and check for elk.   there has never been an elk here. the nearest one miles away with no reason […]

Things That Give You Pleasure – Guest Poetry Blog Series # 22 – Part Two of Two – Canadian Poet Yvonne Blomer Features the 10th Century Japanese Female Author of The Pillow Book, Sei Shōnagon

Yesterday it was a cold, crisp and sunny day on the West coast of Canada. As the day warmed, the garden steamed in sunlight, thick frost warming to dew and […]

Fate As In Destiny. What Is Yours? Guest Poetry Blog #22 – Introducing the Latest Contributor, Canadian Writer Yvonne Blomer- Part One of Two

Sonnet for a newborn now seven Underground we were, below the citadel, my son, newborn, asleep on my chest. On the streets above, Italian flowed like mother’s milk in heat. […]

Freedom Within Constraints – Guest Poetry Blog Series # 21 – Part Two of Two – Canadian Poet Kate Marshall Flaherty Features the Canadian Poet Ronna Bloom

Grief Without Fantasy What I lost was not going to happen. I had what happened. There was no more. Ronna Bloom from A Possible Trust, Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2023 […]

I Am Counter Current – Guest Poetry Blog # 21 – Introducing the Latest Contributor, Canadian Poet Kate Marshall Flaherty– Part One of Two

salmon— i am shimmer-skinned, spawning flecks of red, shiny-finned, i flick my gills wide for breath and wriggle side to side in fresh water i must swim up against smoothed […]

“For This I Could Not Speak” – Ian “Bowline” Bruce R.I.P. – 1953-2023

News Of Death – For Tom Charlotte Last night they came with news of death not knowing what I would say. I wanted to say, “The green wind is running […]