Monthly Archives: February 2012

February 25*

cabbage, chard and frilly kale slowly thriving through the mild winter in strong and vibrant bursting green cruciform restorative for the winter weakness of body, soul *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. … Continue reading

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February 20*

foraging i bring back one stem of each bloomer and budder plopped into vase “bouquet” nipped for art, love kept from their real work i pray there will be no reciprocity— none of our more beguiling parts plucked, displayed in … Continue reading

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February 15*

each day methodical, patient sportfishermen work off our beach searching for blackmouth working on my mind my instincts catching           my fish           your fish           their fish but mostly no fish *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View … Continue reading

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February 7*

moon sure i know it’s cold, hard mathematically scarred white dust but in this pre-morning quivering and quavering out of round wobbling through cloud-skins it stirs the unconscious of creatures awake, alive *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears … Continue reading

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February 4*

low low tide beach drained, angled out clean, down to edge of sea lettuce and cobble swept clear to the sky looking kept and pure i poke around, jealous waiting wanting the same treatment, the same cleansing tide *Copyright 2010 … Continue reading

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