Monthly Archives: December 2010

December 31*

Posted on December 31, 2010 by othermindpress

held here          by the entire earth surrounded by          skittish, fragile beliefs          unseen fantasy          restless, sacred fear          the exigent, teeming culture we exist          watching          breathing          floating in our own exact way. in grace.   with gratitude. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This … Continue reading →

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December 28*

Posted on December 28, 2010 by othermindpress

in the grey winter we live under       and within the undulating mammarous darkened oozing of clouds           above                    —way above           the clean tufted white           of their bright bulging backs           swelling to the patient, patient sun *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears … Continue reading →

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December 24*

Posted on December 24, 2010 by othermindpress

some days it is                dull grey      leaden purple      ashen umber murky struggled light daubed drab cold and deathly wet to touch some days it is                silver      platinum      lilac/violet etched in fine thin light, shimmering bleeding the exact perfect nature of … Continue reading →

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December 20*

Posted on December 20, 2010 by othermindpress

pillows of light hovering        holding just above flat violet wet under stunning blue expanse of clear, painful sun beyond, the white presence of baker in huge silence *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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congratulations due!

Posted on December 17, 2010 by othermindpress

Other Mind Press is deeply gratified to learn that Luther Allen’s book, The View from Lummi Island, is the Number Two Selling Poetry Book for 2010 at Village Books in Bellingham, Washington. Many thanks to poetry readers, book buyers and … Continue reading →

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December 15*

Posted on December 15, 2010 by othermindpress

frenzied crush of surf on the hysterical beach high tide and rolling chopped swells northwest down the length of the strait floats out all the drift logs roll and toss and thud and scrape flip into the swift air pummel … Continue reading →

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December 13*

Posted on December 13, 2010 by othermindpress

close in wind wrecking in the old firs pushing, splintering past their flex tearing through their blood, ripping the soft lovely tips of last summer’s growth, flinging them down to the cold trembling ground *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This … Continue reading →

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Posted on December 12, 2010 by othermindpress

Luther Allen will join other winners of the Sue Boynton Poetry Contest and read two poems from The View from Lummi Island today at 4:00pm in the Readings Gallery at Village Books, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, WA. Allen, who was … Continue reading →

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December 10*

Posted on December 10, 2010 by othermindpress

the moon in its journey rises into ice aura then is swallowed into predawn swirl of mist, cloud pulse, tide work *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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December 6*

Posted on December 6, 2010 by othermindpress

rose hips: tiny bombs of summer’s energy: gash of earth-blood from blinding sun/green now scarlet interplay stand with your feet just right rub and twirl these red red berries take deep their pliant wet hold, call forth the coming orgasm … Continue reading →

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