Tag Archives: nature poetry

the new snow

Posted on February 20, 2023 by othermindpress

By Luther Allen the new snowfresh as if you’d never seen snow before,never seen the leaning maple, the galactic spireof seed clusters, rustblood of dock stems,or the perfect chickadees. soft as it takes you in, holy,like your first stepinto a … Continue reading →

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SpeakEasy 29: Waymaking

Posted on September 10, 2022 by othermindpress

SpeakEasy 29: Waymaking presents an audience-friendly afternoon of poetry featuring Bill Yake, Empty Bowl Press, and a curated program of fine poets. Please join us at this free, public event at the Mount Baker Theatre Encore Room on Sunday, September 18, … Continue reading →

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The View from Lummi Island

Posted on January 7, 2022 by othermindpress

January 3 this islandsmoothed and settledhumped and wild thrown just offthe exploded heartof the san juans   January 4 to the west: grey layers and violet linessmeared fractals and escher covenantsholding/creating          sweeping awaystalwart islands and thin-skinned watersspasmodic winds andskittish, fragile beliefs. … Continue reading →

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right hand pointing

Posted on July 1, 2020 by othermindpress

Thanks to right hand pointing for including my poem in Issue 139, the sky is a black canvas.

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Plum Tree Tavern

Posted on May 6, 2020 by othermindpress

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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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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Sinking

Posted on August 21, 2018 by othermindpress

Read Luther Allen’s poem “Sinking” in Refugium, Poems for the Pacific (Caitlin Press, 2018).

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August 5

Posted on August 13, 2017 by othermindpress

          softly wrinkled oyster clouds           smelling of slow and tender sex serene corrugated shirr           against grey rose void                     suspending planets                                                   like pearls

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April 11*

Posted on April 11, 2017 by othermindpress

frog croaking creates a thousand seams in the nightblack stillness fills the voids with lunatic cries, incessant lust *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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July 24*

Posted on July 24, 2016 by othermindpress

the vast of deep summer           the lazy waft of heron           rolling swells of dry flaxen field grass           the sweet chill air of dawn/dusk           leaves luxuriating under strong full sun                     and the horizon stretches                     beyond the edge of the earth                     and … Continue reading →

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