Monthly Archives: June 2013

June 29*

Posted on June 29, 2013 by othermindpress

in winter things are close, insular dark. i meditate, write. introvert. but summer stretches far beyond my reach boundaries evaporating in evanescent shimmers of light. i just want to move, touch, do. with no thought, no reason no prayer. *Copyright … Continue reading →

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June 26*

Posted on June 26, 2013 by othermindpress

mid-afternoon one of those days                     turgid, augury when i could                     reach out, touch the farthest islands that wisp of cloud *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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June 23*

Posted on June 23, 2013 by othermindpress

some part of my body some mysterious alchemic                current of physiology binding strength, protection comes from her many months ago pricking cold soil with smooth pearly-hard cloves waiting, knowing through winter watching the pale curl of sprouts snipping out the … Continue reading →

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June 20*

Posted on June 20, 2013 by othermindpress

we bike the woods spatter and squirt down the mudslime path gliding through sun/greenshade cool the soft erotic brush of thimbleberry on our hands laced with the long sting                                                   of nettle. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in … Continue reading →

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June 13*

Posted on June 13, 2013 by othermindpress

dawn and 6 orcas offshore baby chortling straight up cavorting the choppy surface reveling in the early light . . . . . Photo by Monika Wieland ~ Orca Watcher ~ used with permission *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This … Continue reading →

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June 8*

Posted on June 8, 2013 by othermindpress

intentionless pulse of wave time after time tongues the stones shiny wet *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. . . . . . stones

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June 5*

Posted on June 5, 2013 by othermindpress

linen white thimbleberry blossoms in dense scatter robust and masculine throbbing cow parsnip skunk cabbage leaves like hammered plates of thin green copper             all seducing, birthing, growing, multiplying             all springing from death             all summering toward death in myriad singular beauty … Continue reading →

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