Monthly Archives: October 2012

October 28*

Posted on October 28, 2012 by othermindpress

the tickling prickle of fir needles the soft furrows of cedar bark the waxy leather of salal the prick of oregon grape the smooth cold of alder trunk the stab of blackberry the crucifixion of devil’s club the soft bed, … Continue reading →

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October 23*

Posted on October 23, 2012 by othermindpress

are these rocks my body? did i come out of this salty water? did i make this air, or did it make me? and why, o god, why explain this stunning beauty *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears … Continue reading →

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October 17*

Posted on October 17, 2012 by othermindpress

the days shorten but the nights lengthen to sleep and dream to restore the fatigue of enlightenment in the fecund nether-womb of endarkenment *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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October 13*

Posted on October 13, 2012 by othermindpress

swirling mosaic of leaves crimson spotted yellow fat salmon and lambs, bled and gutted for winter stew curled essential bronze browns so true it roots restless flight right back into the earth and painful lustful reds drawing blood to the … Continue reading →

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October 5*

Posted on October 5, 2012 by othermindpress

the garden a tumult of now-sagging overgrowth gone wild like always (i am a planter, not a maintainer) deer and raccoons trample the corn i salvage half-ears, nibbled away dig potatoes, pluck beets preen the bolted chard pledging, like always, … Continue reading →

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October 1*

Posted on October 1, 2012 by othermindpress

delicate neon filigree trickling through thick slate slab of heavy cloud oozing over vancouver island last prayer of summer caught within the first winter surge *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.