Monthly Archives: January 2011

January 29*

Posted on January 29, 2011 by othermindpress

i curl into curl of shoreline sandstone into the ground of chuckanut earth i open bare face to the sun, warming like a preening bird. the placid wash of coruscate sea water on ears, brain. i am given all this. … Continue reading →

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January 26*

Posted on January 26, 2011 by othermindpress

(ferry ride) WHUMP! tons of metal thud and shudder vehicles wrack uneasily against their brakes barrels of saltwater dump on windshields wild unrelenting southeast wind straight up hale’s passage building fierce determined waves wrestling chaotically under the floating placid and … Continue reading →

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January 22*

Posted on January 22, 2011 by othermindpress

the violent thrust of mt baker flanked by the ever-attendant sisters the litter of the cascades now the spreading foundation of our sunrise vista secured, calmed by thirty foot blanket of snow *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears … Continue reading →

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January 20*

Posted on January 20, 2011 by othermindpress

we ponder and work so hard our raveling of this world comes down to: eagle flies fish dives but sometimes not fast enough. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island and is reprinted … Continue reading →

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January 15*

Posted on January 15, 2011 by othermindpress

ribbed clouds pearled light the mud burnt umber slick frigid holding neat and paired the half-moon pooled tracks of deer *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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January 11*

Posted on January 11, 2011 by othermindpress

no such fool is the wood duck decoy nailed to the piling on the opposite landing it has transcended believing thinking, even eating— just waits and watches *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi … Continue reading →

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January 8*

Posted on January 8, 2011 by othermindpress

winter here: shrunken days wrenched into a grey core cold squish on dank inverted soil all the plants down to bare stalk and prayer dripping except the rogue blackberry of course still leafed and thorned crouched, gathering for spring wars *Copyright 2010 … Continue reading →