Tag Archives: May

May 19

around in the passagewe bait with last summer’s ling headsdrop the ringsdrift off. fifteen minutes       or half a beerquick hoist, lurch overand spiny crabsscuttling everywhere females and smaller malesplucked overboardbig males in the bucketthey will die, be eaten and we will … Continue reading

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May 7*

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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May 1*

mayday ceremony: chants, bells, drums music, prayers new age old hippies and Swil Kanim wafting violin compositions mesmerizing us on ground his ancestors for twenty centuries made totems and potlatches: he calls           the eagle                     comes *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. … Continue reading

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