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January 1*

last night: bonfire on the beach friends in firelight oysters, posole, red wine . . . commingling with           cloud-muted stars           the damp wind of this season           and the slap and shush of the water wrapping us around the entire world … Continue reading

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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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December 5*

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

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January 9*

i forget— in other places are there stars in winter? is the moon more than a slight muddled glow diffused through grey clabber more imagined, remembered than real? *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from … Continue reading

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January 1*

last night: bonfire on the beach friends in firelight oysters, posole, red wine . . . commingling with           cloud-muted stars           the damp wind of this season           and the slap and shush of the water wrapping us around the entire world … Continue reading

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April 5*

beach fire everyone has left carole shoveling redeyed coals and gravel into the quenching sea salt: hiss, white steam, white stars black water and gone good night *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi … Continue reading

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