Monthly Archives: March 2011

March 28*

sunset ribbed vee of flesh clouds the framework of a fish arcing through, filling the dimming sky encircling, keeping feeding this island world *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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March 23*

young slugs everywhere so slimy, voracious i try to squash them and they squirt out unharmed, giggling *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– slug photo

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March 22*

neat tiers of books huge flocks of words captured and corralled in such a way that you begin to think nature is understandable. but step out the door. words do not flit through the air words do not squirt through … Continue reading

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March 19*

marauding coons every night fondle and search the pond rocks wreaking havoc with my zen rockscape missing every time the one fat carryover goldfish *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. ——- raccoon … Continue reading

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Poetry readings…mark your calendar

Poet Luther Allen, author of The View from Lummi Island, will read at two separate events on Saturday, April 23, 2011. Both events will be held at Village Books. Noon – 2:00pm, Luther Allen will join winners of the second … Continue reading

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March 15*

the cacophonous rant the blither of urgent, importune frogs: islands of crazed sound in the night myst *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– frog photo

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March 8*

we and the world out there and the world in here          the twittering sparrow          the color of the sky          the heft of the planet          the uttering      the weaving          of words, dreams, agony, rapture this moment:          the complete          presented history          of … Continue reading

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March 4*

and some days           it smells a dry hard blue           hovering in a far horizon and others           it smells a moldering green glop           oozing damply to inner lungs but to touch           it feels the same           always different                     like thrusting your hand … Continue reading

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