october evening
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soft blush
of dirty air
as the sun drops
& cold swallows
the lingering fake
of summer

Fiesta (Pacific) Market gives 10% off to seniors over 60 on Tuesdays, Oliver's on Wednesdays. Ace Hardware gives 20% off first Sat of the month to all and on first Wed of month to seniors. Baskin...

bear
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across the night a feral chorus rings.
the bear inclines her head to catch the tune.
she deeply breathes the shimmer of the moon
& savors every nuance breezes bring.
her heavy body...

OG SKOGEN

Every forest has
a central tree,
one the whole forest
leans on.

You may not
be able to find it.
It lives deep

Another sign that we should move away from nuclear power. Hopefully we listen this time.

"The long-delayed cleanup of the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site became the subject of more bad...

crow


when morning brings a flood of lovely things,
the crow begins her search for happy pranks.
she marches cawing through assembled ranks
of black & glossy elders. then she wings
her way to...

mushrooms


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round flesh
erupting
from dark damp soil
raising gilled secrets
& portents of old doom
into the ground level mist

INNOCENT


I've been an atom deep inside an oak
for near a century now. But this wind
is threatening, the severing kind, and. . .
crack! The trunk is split; I'm fee to look
at lightning, red...

cortinarius


20163the first one i found
was solitary among the oaks
in a grove riotous
with death caps

it hunkered softly
clearing the fallen

I agree, and "dedication" is the right word. We feel your gift personally, Larry, but our benefit is collective. Your dedication to bringing poetry into our lives moves us subtly and immeasurably in...