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December

December 8 keptin the wombof crepuscular winter light heldin dim graygreenclose, in tight enfoldingheart, mindin warmth of solitude

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Plum Tree Tavern

Thanks to Plum Tree Tavern, which recently published a poem of mine. (Lines is not the title; it seems to be the way Plum Tree identifies short-form poems.)  

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December 10*

the moon in its journey rises into ice aura then is swallowed into predawn swirl of mist, cloud pulse, tide work *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. . . . . . … Continue reading

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July 30*

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

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April 20*

i want to be out there on a wet slab of wood swirling in the tide mix the wind chop, feeling the pull of the moon                     the mountain-islands                     the farthest star                               of the last gleaming galaxy *Copyright 2010 by Luther … Continue reading

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April 3*

oily wriggling squiggles in 3 AM look through the scope moonbeams dance on calm waters yellow or blue      almost nervous almost like brain waves of our deep sleep unaware           alone but still            vibrant, squiggling *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. … Continue reading

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February 9*

photons flung from sun ricocheted off moon scattered and crazed on roil of night-water straight through my eye illuminating my winter-dark mind *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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September 12*

predawn barely apprehended forms:           a still sea of air                     the color of void           a still hulk of water                     the color of reflected void           the darkness of matia and orcas                     more substantial by only a shade perfect sphere of moon a … Continue reading

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March 6*

half moon reflected off surface of yard’s tiny rockstrewn pond blinding the one last goldfish *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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February 16*

this night:           stars strewn far across infinity           full limpid moon           the water emptied at low tide           diaphanous milky light           sharp black shadows           of ancient firs           daggering across           glittering beach so precise, so exact and each glance, each breath forges an … Continue reading

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