In reply to Mouse and the comment she made regarding my defense of Lynda Hopkins...my using my life background has nothing to do with a similar reality only had to do with illustrating how life...

Bohemian 8/24/2016- Letter to editor

Sonoma County has a golden opportunity to take back its board of supervisors from the political cronies who have been using their bought-and-paid-for...

won’t you celebrate with me

won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except...

Hawks

Surely, you too have longed for this -- https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2016-04-29_12-17-06.png
to pour yourself out
on the rising circles of the air
to ride,...

The Wren of the Heart

In the fragile and crystalline beauty of the sweet summer morning
The wren of the heart becomes visible.
All that soft hopefulness that the world crushes
Is unveiled...

Still referring Jason Herrick. Jason is a fabulous painter who pays attention to detail, is dependable and takes pride in delivering a job well done at a fair price. He has many references. He can...

Second Life


My uncourageous life
doesn’t want to go,
doesn’t want to speak,
doesn’t want to carry on,
wants to make its way
through stealth,
wants to assume

If this painting job is still open, consider Know Howl Home Repair at 707-364-4210. Tom has local references!

Check out Roberto ---- https://www.reditopaint.com/
He is one of the nicest; best painters in the county! Tell him Amy Calhoun sent you. ;-)

Bedrock
a message from my father


may I counsel you
from this distance
25 years after cremation
most of the fire extinguished
ashes scattered in four...

God Does Not Answer Prayer

God does not answer prayer.
It is a sacrilege to think so.
An insult to the god-drenched hearts
of all who pray through the night
and in the morning are nonetheless...

Becoming Old


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Alexandra Hart
The days fall off the tree of my life.
Bright, some —...

A Northern Harrier at Malheur Wildlife Refuge, a national treasure that few know about.

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thanks, Larry; this lovely image is a stark contrast to the storms we face today ...

Villanelle for Our Time

From bitter searching of the heart,
Quickened with passion and with pain
We rise to play a greater part.

This is the faith from which we start:
Men shall know...

Drought


I
Can you spare some water?https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-07-31_09-08-47.png
I’m down to rock bottom.


No water for horses.
Can’t even begin to think

Song


The chimney sweepershttps://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-07-29_13-13-22.png
Wash their faces and forget to wash the neck;
The lighthouse keepers
Let the lamps go out...

Growing Old


In some summers there is so much fruit,
the peasants decide not to reap any more.
Not having reaped you, oh my days,
my nights, have I let the slow flames
of your lovely produce...

Judean Date Palm

The dandelion seed needs
only the rumor of rain
to open its doors
and begin to unfold.

Some seeds, like the chaparral,
are only released
by the merciless grace

Compassion

Have compassion for everyone you meet
Even if they don't want it.

What seems conceit, bad manners,
Or cynicism is always a sign
Of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen.
...

Pray for Peace

Pray to whomever you kneel down to:https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-04-11_14-17-31.png
Jesus nailed to his wooden or marble or plastic cross,
his suffering...

Flare


1.
Welcome to the silly, comforting poem.

It is not the sunrise,
which is a red rinse,
which is flaring all over the eastern sky;

Easter Morning In Wales


A garden inside me, unknown, secret,
Neglected for years,
The layers of its soil deep and thick.
Trees in the corners with branching arms
And the tangled briars like...

The Love of Morning


It is hard sometimes to drag ourselves
back to the love of morning
after we've lain in the dark crying out
O God, save us from the horror . . . .


God has saved the...

There has been a nesting pair of bald eagles at the Laguna south of Occidental Road for a few years. I haven't heard if they have produced babies, but I have seen the adults.

Stopped at the stop sign at High School Rd. and Occidental Rd. around 1:30 today and a beautiful, mature bald eagle soared overhead and circled around the Laguna.

Boddhisattva Vowhttps://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img/birds/ivory-billed-woodpecker.jpg

See more about the ivory billed woodpecker here


"I want to come back
as the disabled child
of someone...

Visitors from Abroad


1


Sometime after I had entered
that time of   life
people prefer to allude to in others
but not in themselves, in the middle of the night

I would like to circle with others seeking solutions for those in need of shelter.

There are 2 or 3 very old unused buildings behind the MRI machine at Palm Drive Hospital.

Does anyone out there have any connections at Palm Drive hospital that might be open to participating in...

In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself
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The buzzard has nothing to fault himself with.https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2013-12-27_14-52-31.png
Scruples are alien to the black...

A Warning To My Readers


Do not think me gentle
because I speak in praise
of gentleness, or elegant
because I honor the grace
that keeps this world. I am
a man crude as any,
gross of...

Quest For Truth


I see it was always
impossible.
By Grace I knew
You suddenly
in a room one day.

As soon as I stepped

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2013-08-09_18-05-23.pngSome version of the Women's gifting circle seems to be floating around again these days.

What do you think about it? Is it...

Conflict
I’d like to propose a toast…

to dreams
and to the bold
Men and Women
that dare to dream them
to the wild-eyed visionaries
that plant seeds in their
hearts with hopes

Dear Human:


You've got it all wrong.
You didn't come here to master unconditional love.
This is where you came from and where you'll return.


You came here to learn personal love....

Footnote from the Brink

2/14/2013, Valentines Day

Black sky,
lots of glittering white...

Leaning In


Sometimes, in the middle of a crowded store on a Saturday
afternoon, my husband will rest his hand
on my neck, or on the soft flesh belted at my waist,
and pull me to him. I...