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fishing off ucluelet

Posted on January 27, 2020 by othermindpress

Thanks to Adventures Northwest Magazine for including my poem fishing off ucluelet, vancouver island in the Autumn 2019 issue.

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October 8*

Posted on October 8, 2014 by othermindpress

skiff twirls in tide run green candlefish jig thirty feet deep off gooseberry point wham! surge! a play of perfect resistance, wet net, flapping strong seven pound silver salmon *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View … Continue reading →

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April 12*

Posted on April 12, 2014 by othermindpress

jigging at 280 feet on the far waters the surface a slapping confused chop inky boat-swirling eddies but below in the calm lines straight down hefty goggle-eyed tasty rockfish *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View … Continue reading →

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July 31*

Posted on July 31, 2013 by othermindpress

blustery blood sun           earth turning fast away           ragged tops of swept waves           dusting off           into           the churn and furl of all                     caravans of carved canoes                     plying spanish galleons                     lumbering russian fur-seekers                     gillnetters, purse seiners                                                                       kayaks, sailboats                               and the pilgrim from … Continue reading →

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March 14*

Posted on March 14, 2013 by othermindpress

launch the skiff: perky in the light slap of water, the ten horse just right but when empty tug rips past throwing four-foot breaking wake we (perkily) race to shore. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The … Continue reading →

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January 30*

Posted on January 30, 2013 by othermindpress

every morning now watching salmon seekers ply the wet of dawn           downriggers                     —the cold lead ball,                     cable slicing through           mostly emptiness *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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September 11*

Posted on September 11, 2012 by othermindpress

fraser river pinks migrating along the island, teeming upshore, downshore, at any instant a dozen or more fish leaping into our world in gathering darkness i whip my rod toward the flurry hook up on every cast, beach five writhing … Continue reading →

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May 31*

Posted on May 31, 2012 by othermindpress

we bottomfish from pt roberts to alden bank to matia to clark to sinclair jigging hard a dozen sea cucumbers accidentally snagged half a dozen dogfish one nice cabezon and no halibut. no rockfish. no lings. these fertile waters wiped … Continue reading →

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May 27*

Posted on May 27, 2012 by othermindpress

first weekend of halibut season flat tides all day perfect water brine the horse herring collect the heavy gear prime the vision of outer hein bank up at 4:30, checking marine weather “small craft advisory” sustained 27 knot wind at … Continue reading →

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February 15*

Posted on February 15, 2012 by othermindpress

each day methodical, patient sportfishermen work off our beach searching for blackmouth working on my mind my instincts catching           my fish           your fish           their fish but mostly no fish *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View … Continue reading →

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