Monthly Archives: May 2011

May 29*

Posted on May 29, 2011 by othermindpress

what blooms: the painful yellow of scotch broom weighted to the ground the delicate robust white of cow parsnip weighted to the sky *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– cow parsnip … Continue reading →

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May 26*

Posted on May 26, 2011 by othermindpress

cold and dripping grey craig gathers clams the garden arrests the slugs manifest,           oozing everywhere *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– Swirls of Grey photo © Sophia E. Davies

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May 23*

Posted on May 23, 2011 by othermindpress

the wind is here. but where did it begin?         the tiny freshet leaking from a snow bank         that starts a river—         and its tail—         the heavy and slowed current as the river         stacks up against the deep ocean— no—wind is … Continue reading →

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May 21*

Posted on May 21, 2011 by othermindpress

show me the wind. it is surely there, here after all, we have a word for it. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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May 18*

Posted on May 18, 2011 by othermindpress

sometimes, rarely, i see them first the black slice of dorsal arcing powerfully through the surface but more often it is by sound: the whoosh of their blow from a half mile away the ring of craig’s phone call—whales! or … Continue reading →

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May 13*

Posted on May 13, 2011 by othermindpress

     under, in the ground:                     turgid roots and worming worms                     swimming and swirling                     in the slow damp current                     of the depthless earth      and above, exposed:                     the tidal creep of blackberry                     the surf of thimbleberry blossoms                     the sharp spray of scotch broom … Continue reading →

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May 11*

Posted on May 11, 2011 by othermindpress

marking time through a windless calm a steady swell kerfs neatly into the beach gravel nothing out there to generate such: perhaps           ghost ships, far away, tracing endless wakes           the pulse of gravity           or the earth,                     tossing in its sleep … Continue reading →

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May 8*

Posted on May 8, 2011 by othermindpress

looks like this world will be inherited by slugs and dandelions dogfish and starlings nettle, blackberry scotch broom and the other restless results of our mindlessness. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. … Continue reading →

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May 5*

Posted on May 5, 2011 by othermindpress

snarl of wingtip hawk drops rodent becomes feather, talon flight *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– photo by Derek Stoner

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May 3*

Posted on May 3, 2011 by othermindpress

what has grown into a basic need: a vista, to a far horizon with no trace of artifact—just “nature” looking about the same for a thousand years, ten thousand years day after day season after season and at one point, … Continue reading →

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