Tag Archives: sky

the view

Posted on March 23, 2020 by othermindpress

March 8 we and the world out there and the world in here the twittering sparrow the color of the sky the heft of the planet the uttering the weaving of words, dreams, agony, rapture this moment: the complete presented history … Continue reading →

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

Posted in Luther Allen published poetry | Tagged clouds, daily poems, Lummi Island, Luther Allen, nature poetry, pearls, planets, scent, sky | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Noisy Water | Tagged heron, leaves, Lummi Island, Luther Allen, nature poetry, poem a day, sky, summer, sun | 1 Comment

November 13*

Posted on November 13, 2014 by othermindpress

the first fresh view: intrigue of water, cloud, sky enticement of shore, its critters, kelp the beguilement of the inner forest, paths, meadows the delight of this island the everyday view: the same old stuff, yeah, yeah we look only … Continue reading →

Posted in view from lummi island | Tagged clouds, daily poems, islands, Lummi Island, Luther Allen, nature poetry, sky, water | 2 Comments

September 27*

Posted on September 27, 2014 by othermindpress

two days of hard wind, hard blue skies everything swirling, swirling tree blown down, power out for 6 hours two kayakers headed for patos from lummi drown, boats in pieces probably never made it past the wild standing chop off … Continue reading →

Posted in view from lummi island | Tagged Lummi Island, Luther Allen, Patos, poem a day, sky, stillness, wind | Leave a comment

May 29*

Posted on May 29, 2014 by othermindpress

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 →

Posted in view from lummi island | Tagged cow parsnip, daily poems, Lummi Island, Luther Allen, nature poetry, scotch broom, sky | 1 Comment

December 19*

Posted on December 19, 2013 by othermindpress

after the storm i go to the beach search for stones which have never been seen before. ever. finger a few, maybe never to be touched again, ever. and remember this sky this earth this instant has never been before … Continue reading →

Posted in view from lummi island | Tagged daily poems, earth, Lummi Island, Luther Allen, nature poetry, poem a day, poetry, sky, stones | Leave a comment

December 5*

Posted on December 5, 2013 by othermindpress

up early not yet a glimmer of dawn stars shot throughout the brilliant black sky —a rare sight here— holding firm and whirling in relativity— through sleep i have missed most of their dance and sunblue skies have masked the … Continue reading →

Posted in view from lummi island | Tagged daily poems, Lummi Island, Luther Allen, nature poetry, poem a day, poetry, sky, stars | Leave a comment

October 31*

Posted on October 31, 2013 by othermindpress

ferry waiting at gooseberry point pelts of rain nattering on truck cheerful blue steel superstructure the three red barricade lights flashing patiently draining, dribbling down the windshield the raised ramp running out to a dull greygreen passage surface chopped with … Continue reading →