Monthly Archives: November 2010

November 27*

Posted on November 27, 2010 by othermindpress

the sunset is not a thing but an action, swirling earth rotating me away from sun photons bouncing weirdly off air, water vapor, dust, aeolian plankton, hubris an interminable action, flowing pole to pole, unceasing across the face of this … Continue reading →

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November 23*

Posted on November 23, 2010 by othermindpress

snowberries floating white planets in a dim dripping cosmos of rust and umber and deep variegated grey—yet somehow lush absolute white, presented simply without expectation as gifts. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi … Continue reading →

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November 21*

Posted on November 21, 2010 by othermindpress

six killdeer move with wash of wave back, forth skittering on dainty legs in nimble rhythm *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. Killdeer photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimbob_pgh/

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November 18*

Posted on November 18, 2010 by othermindpress

*Copyright 2006-2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island under the title ‘November 18.’ The poem was a Walk Award winner in the 2006 Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest and is included in POETRY WALK: … Continue reading →

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November 17*

Posted on November 17, 2010 by othermindpress

sky thickens warps, ripples begins to bulge with yesterday’s weather from the far landless ocean mt baker in black and white the dim gentle light holding us all in soft cool *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in … Continue reading →

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poetry reading

Posted on November 16, 2010 by othermindpress

This evening Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7:00pm Luther Allen reads poems from The View from Lummi Island at Village Books 1200 11th Street Bellingham, Washington (360) 671-2626 / (800) 392-BOOK The reading is free. Copies of The View from Lummi … Continue reading →

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November 15*

Posted on November 15, 2010 by othermindpress

bushwhacking                     the perfect description           breaking the lifeless limbs           squishing mosses           crumbling aged logs on hands and knees following the blacktail trails behind me a path of destruction, change in front:           two point buck                     roused from his bed                     nibbles here and … Continue reading →

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November 11*

Posted on November 11, 2010 by othermindpress

clouds move into us           grey, foreboding           clotted and racing larger than our lives giving only weak filtered light without color the island a hulk of darkness caught between the leaden wash of water and the leaden wash of sky time … Continue reading →

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poetry reading & book signing

Posted on November 8, 2010 by othermindpress

Luther Allen’s next scheduled reading from The View from Lummi Island will be Tuesday, November 16, 7:00pm, at Village Books in Bellingham.

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November 6*

Posted on November 6, 2010 by othermindpress

the water stretches out to an indeterminate horizon curves back overhead in a steady grey drizzle silently *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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