Monthly Archives: June 2011

June 30*

Posted on June 30, 2011 by othermindpress

shoulder-high grass heavy heads hanging to the marvelous blue-dazzle heavens blackberries snaking below scotch broom burgeoning unto the sky bordered by blossoms of wild rose already tattered unto the earth the barely apparent nod and twitter of long stems from the not-apparent … Continue reading →

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June 27*

Posted on June 27, 2011 by othermindpress

the sea floats on the earth the sky floats on the sea i am caught between, within the thick fluid of water, blood the thin fluid of air, thought floating, barely breathing it hardly seems necessary *Copyright 2010 by Luther … Continue reading →

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June 24*

Posted on June 24, 2011 by othermindpress

sun flattens pulled taut on horizon centered up georgia strait just shy of texada the earth pulls away powdered rouge of sky shrinks and the waters follow, reluctantly caressing and streaming as if leaving a lover for the last time … Continue reading →

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June 21*

Posted on June 21, 2011 by othermindpress

cool cloudy and breezy solstice longest day, shortest night and tomorrow until mid-winter days grow shorter summer lags though, still wresting the sky from the scudding wet pulses of spring storms *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in … Continue reading →

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June 17*

Posted on June 17, 2011 by othermindpress

we are this way: gleaning the beach for sculpted stones pocketing some most go back “need more work” maybe a thousand years maybe ten thousand years then someone can say it’s ready, finished and place with the others with fossils and … Continue reading →

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June 15*

Posted on June 15, 2011 by othermindpress

scrumbling through sea rocks wedged in centuries of shell shards lurking slimy and spined critters of the muck and the odd steamer popped in the bucket the clam scent almost like sex into our fingers and later down our tongues … Continue reading →

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June 9*

Posted on June 9, 2011 by othermindpress

seven serpentine otters slithering through the sunset just off shore curious and wary silent as shadows *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– Lummi otters photo

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June 6*

Posted on June 6, 2011 by othermindpress

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June 3*

Posted on June 3, 2011 by othermindpress

reach and pull ripping ripe waving grasses, spent dandelions various and unknown forbs, herbs “weeds” in overspilling cartloads exposing the chosen ivy, salal various and known “ornamentals” cultivated by the small ordered visions of our narrowed minds and in … Continue reading →

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June 1*

Posted on June 1, 2011 by othermindpress

breathless sunset of oily pink, salmon, violet interlaced, floating glowing, fading transforming light to matter to heart *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.