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November 19*

Posted on November 19, 2014 by othermindpress

*Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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June 7*

Posted on June 7, 2014 by othermindpress

*Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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October 7*

Posted on October 7, 2013 by othermindpress

*Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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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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April 6*

Posted on April 6, 2012 by othermindpress

more garden: saladstuff, peas, spinach cold dirt under fingernails concatenations of age in my muscles, back thinking about robbers and thieves: deer, coons, pigeons, slugs. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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December 11*

Posted on December 11, 2011 by othermindpress

the hard cold shrunken salal flaccid ferns and brittle stems everything withdrawn, muted or crystallized, splintered into a lifeless lattice a snort of fogged breath and the doe warm under her exact hair leaps off *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. … Continue reading →

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October 22*

Posted on October 22, 2011 by othermindpress

dappled blacktail buck antlers curved symmetry of tines rigid and polished in maleness swollen neck, head down, scenting back of my neck primeval skin/hair/flesh prickles, rises, heats *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi … Continue reading →

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January 15*

Posted on January 15, 2011 by othermindpress

ribbed clouds pearled light the mud burnt umber slick frigid holding neat and paired the half-moon pooled tracks of deer *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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November 15*

Posted on November 15, 2010 by othermindpress

bushwhacking                     the perfect description           breaking the lifeless limbs           squishing mosses           crumbling aged logs on hands and knees following the blacktail trails behind me a path of destruction, change in front:           two point buck                     roused from his bed                     nibbles here and … Continue reading →

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September 8*

Posted on September 8, 2010 by othermindpress

leaves on cherry tree hang limp. spent from hot light, a season’s work of crimson swollen fruit that fueled for a day that raucous band of gypsy thief crows now gone, marauding elsewhere while the gentle deer nuzzle the sweetening … Continue reading →

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