Tag Archives: blackberry

January 8*

Posted on January 8, 2014 by othermindpress

winter here: shrunken days     wrenched into a grey core cold squish on dank inverted soil all the plants down to bare stalk and prayer dripping except the rogue blackberry     of course still leafed and thorned crouched, gathering for spring wars *Copyright 2010 … Continue reading →

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May 7*

Posted on May 7, 2013 by othermindpress

travel through overgrown path ward off                blackberry brush knee                against tall grass white blossomed branch                of thimbleberry spreads its wings part the wild                ocean spray’s mane the single whip                of drooping alder branch suspended from heaven rooted in earth *Copyright … Continue reading →

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April 25*

Posted on April 25, 2013 by othermindpress

by warm soft night they curl and creep through open-window dreams, and in the broad daylight brazenly charge our helpless architecture and shrinking trails underground, overhead blackberry battles bloodstab thorns strangling stems we hack and clip knowing deep that when … Continue reading →

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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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June 25*

Posted on June 25, 2012 by othermindpress

black hole of night and the blackberry blossoms like clusters of galaxies suspended, floating out there ghost sun white of petals star burst of anthers and deep within moon of ovary: grain of sand *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This … Continue reading →

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May 7*

Posted on May 7, 2012 by othermindpress

travel through overgrown path ward off          blackberry brush knee          against tall grass white blossomed branch          of thimbleberry spreads its wings part the wild          ocean spray’s mane the single whip          of drooping alder branch suspended from heaven rooted in earth *Copyright … Continue reading →

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August 2*

Posted on August 2, 2011 by othermindpress

the busy blinding mind of summer’s sun pull the weeds, cut the grass battle the blackberries host visitors, take vacations work feverishly on last winter’s list of bright sky fantasies.           saving the poems           for the grey moody days           of winter … Continue reading →

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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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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 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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