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thanksgiving

Posted on November 3, 2013 by othermindpress

fourteen billion years ago something happened out of nothing or perhaps out of something we may never find out but from that instant physics threw a wild party which for all we know may never end somewhere along the line … 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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November 20*

Posted on November 20, 2012 by othermindpress

we kick the scatter of frosted leaves, scrumbling and hear within the deep seasonal delight of change. eyes taste the color deep of umber, burnt umber, bronzed umber elemental earth the color of soil that gravels our soul rimed in … Continue reading →

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November 16*

Posted on November 16, 2012 by othermindpress

dormant leaves loosen and alight, returning to soil and root stems and branches become brittle, stark sap drains and coils in the cold roots and like a seed i enfold, harden at the edges, go in to the center nurturing, … Continue reading →

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November 9*

Posted on November 9, 2012 by othermindpress

remembering now this season the world is mostly dark howling black nights and many days only a thin lens of grey light to the south: muted water dark knots of land lowering clouds, layer upon layer wild unwavering winds pressing … Continue reading →

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November 22*

Posted on November 22, 2011 by othermindpress

empty beach stretches long to the point           —the white rock at the end                 clean, angular hardpacked sand disassembling to gravel wash polite hushed waves matia/sucia pushed far out into gentled pink of sunset the water quivering slowly I am … Continue reading →

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November 16*

Posted on November 16, 2011 by othermindpress

dormant leaves loosen and alight, returning to soil and root stems and branches become brittle, stark sap drains and coils in the cold roots and like a seed i enfold, harden at the edges, go in to the center nurturing, … Continue reading →

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November 12*

Posted on November 12, 2011 by othermindpress

the way the water looks. it was the same for the cannery workers in the twenties the same for crews of vancouver’s ships the same for the paddlers of the long war canoes           bent on material goods and slaves the … Continue reading →

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November 6*

Posted on November 6, 2011 by othermindpress

the water stretches out to an indeterminate horizon curves back overhead in a steady grey drizzle silently *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– photo

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November 1*

Posted on November 1, 2011 by othermindpress

at night some rest some plunder *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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