SAME SKY
—dawn dibartolo, sacramento
morning reaches from
the earth in deep
mahogany blood-tones;
noon is
oceanic denim
with a daffodil sun;
and the lattice of night
is a web of indigo
purloining an opal moon.
in this, the God of believers
reigns over both
the faithful & the skeptic,
because Love is…
wide as all the sky
~ identically, His gift.
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Thanks, dawn! Tonight (Monday, 2/18), 7:30 PM: Sacramento Poetry Center presents its African American Heritage and History Month Reading, featuring Khiry Malik Moore, Indigo Moor, Dawn DiBartolo, Terry Moore, Mario Ellis Hill, Emmanuel Sigauke and Supanova at Sacramento Poetry Center, HQ for the Arts, 25th & R Sts., Sacramento.
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blackout
—dawn dibartolo
no light
but gray sky…
back glow...
we are figurines
trapped in
a snow-globe home.
it’s the rain that slants
~ horizontally
speaking, we are
linearly connected,
having together cut thru
the darkness…
we are flash ~
light beams, fractured
into flakes of
slow-drifting time.
in this non-
electric phase
of being,
we write, we play,
we cast shadow
puppets on the ceiling;
no shortage
of talk, our tongues
are a source of illumination.
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—Medusa
Medusa encourages poets of all ilk and ages to send their POETRY, PHOTOS and ART, as well as announcements of Northern California poetry events, to kathykieth@hotmail.com (or snail ‘em to P.O. Box 762, Pollock Pines, CA 95726) for posting on this daily Snake blog. Rights remain with the poets. Previously-published poems are okay for Medusa’s Kitchen, as long as you own the rights. (Please cite publication.) Medusa cannot vouch for the moral fiber of other publications, contests, etc. that she lists, however, so submit to them at your own risk. For more info about the Snake Empire, including guidelines for submitting to or obtaining our publications, click on the link to the right of this column: Rattlesnake Press (rattlesnakepress.com).
SnakeWatch: News from Rattlesnake Press
New in February: The Snake had a massive celebration on February 13 with the release of To Berlin With Love from Elsie Whitlow Feliz and Don Feliz, a new broadside from Carlena Wike (Going The Distance), and a new SnakeRings SpiralChap from Sam and Kathy Kieth (Sex—For Animals...). All of these publications are now at The Book Collector and will soon be available on the rattlesnakepress.com website, as well.
Coming in March: Rattlesnake Press will be releasing a chapbook from Ann Privateer (Attracted to Light), a littlesnake broadside from Jeanine Stevens (Eclipse), and a brand-new issue of Rattlesnake Review (#17). Join us to celebrate all of this at The Book Collector, 1008 24th St., Sacramento, on March 12 at 7:30 PM.