Tag Archives: earth

November 28*

Posted on November 28, 2014 by othermindpress

i can understand that perfect physics that balance of gravity holding earth to/from the sun i do not understand, cannot why we float, revolve, rotate, move there can be no other reason than silent, divine grace of intervention plus — … Continue reading →

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December 19*

Posted on December 19, 2013 by othermindpress

after the storm i go to the beach search for stones which have never been seen before. ever. finger a few, maybe never to be touched again, ever. and remember this sky this earth this instant has never been before … Continue reading →

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October 3*

Posted on October 3, 2013 by othermindpress

that place where i am moving with the earth in perfect synchronicity circling the sun in slowspiral flowing to the outer universe in harmonic vibration with sun’s rays on my skin i dissolve, release become my own heart’s true beat … Continue reading →

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August 11*

Posted on August 11, 2013 by othermindpress

i perch on the edge of the island in my starved heronmind spring open to the water, sky, earth leap to my poems (flop words into the hold) reset and reperch peering hard knowing my days, our days are numbered, … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving poem

Posted on November 21, 2012 by othermindpress

14 billion years ago something happened. out of nothing. or perhaps out of something. we may never know. but from that instant physics threw a wild party which for all we know may never end. somewhere along the line this … Continue reading →

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January 17*

Posted on January 17, 2012 by othermindpress

encased in the wet of grey interlaced layers of ooze the earth, the sky and in the end in the beginning at all edges: the sea *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. … Continue reading →

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June 27*

Posted on June 27, 2011 by othermindpress

the sea floats on the earth the sky floats on the sea i am caught between, within the thick fluid of water, blood the thin fluid of air, thought floating, barely breathing it hardly seems necessary *Copyright 2010 by Luther … 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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January 29*

Posted on January 29, 2011 by othermindpress

i curl into curl of shoreline sandstone into the ground of chuckanut earth i open bare face to the sun, warming like a preening bird. the placid wash of coruscate sea water on ears, brain. i am given all this. … Continue reading →

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December 31*

Posted on December 31, 2010 by othermindpress

held here by the entire earth surrounded by skittish, fragile beliefs unseen fantasy restless, sacred fear the exigent, teeming culture we exist watching breathing floating in our own exact way. in grace. with gratitude. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This … Continue reading →

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