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May 29*

what blooms: the painful yellow of scotch broom weighted to the ground the delicate robust white of cow parsnip weighted to the sky *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– cow parsnip … Continue reading

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August 21*

gleaners:               the gulls, the dogfish               coyotes and coons               thistle and nettle               scotchbroom, slugs               poets and potters surely the last              to go *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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June 30*

shoulder-high grass heavy heads hanging to the marvelous blue-dazzle heavens                               blackberries snaking below                               scotch broom burgeoning                               unto the sky                     bordered by blossoms                     of wild rose        already tattered                     unto the earth           the barely apparent           nod and twitter        of long stems           from the not-apparent … Continue reading

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May 29*

what blooms: the painful yellow of scotch broom weighted to the ground the delicate robust white of cow parsnip weighted to the sky *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. —– cow parsnip … Continue reading

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