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Saturday, October 01, 2022

Building to Harvest

 
Impressions of Summer
—Photo by Chris Feldman
—Poetry by Ann Wehrman, Sacramento, CA


human/nature
 
standing in blessed coolness
air sweet as water
caresses my bare arms
 
stretch in both directions
plant my feet
luxuriate in healing breeze
 
scent of sun-dried wild chamomile
August’s mature grass
both green and brown 
 
whirr of mating dragonflies 
winging, stationary, racing in glee
play, love, die
 
another summer builds to harvest
Earth’s bounty still plentiful, glorious  
 
 
 
 
Night Sky
—Photo by Chris Feldman

 
NIGHT SKY WITH CHIMNEY
After Night Sky by Chris Feldman
 
the stars are a rainbow of diamonds 
sparkling against black velvet sky
their fire like ice, alien infinity
 
in terrible contrast
brick-by-brick, chimney reaches up
an exquisite challenge
an infant’s bawling insistence
cry of Life, Home, Humanity 
 
 
 
 NM Sun 04
—Photo by Chris Feldman

 
SAVOR
 
daily bread, heavy wheat
oven-fried chicken 
breaded with cornmeal and cayenne
 
my lover’s eyes, magnetic wells 
his embrace, the warmest blanket
 
the white mountain ringed with pine
sunrise setting crystal afire at mountain’s tip
 
the ether around it ringing 
in jubilation of all that is holy
 
 
 
 Green Tara 
—SecretLondon123 (from Flickr.com,
licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0)  


TO GREEN TARA
 
ever alert, she sits on her dais
in modified lotus, raised knee ready 
to spring her into action
all senses alive to any disturbance
the cries in the night, help needed
simultaneously at peace, focused internally
she remains devoted to serve, to help, to heal 
 
 
 
Guan Yin #2
 —Photo by Chris Feldman

  
Today’s LittleNip:

TO A STATUE OF GUAN YIN
—Ann Wehrman
 
marble raiment most pure
face and form shine 
soft expression 
gentle, eternal 
comfort and grace

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Ann Wehrman and Chris Feldman have collaborated again, joining her poems and his photos, and we in the Kitchen are grateful to them for their fine work!

This morning, another “The Way of Poetry” workshop on Asian poetry with Louis Osofsky will take place from 10:30am-12pm at Pivot Coffee, 1430 28th St. in Sacramento (I mistakenly left this off the calendar). Online, Kai Coggin from Arkansas will present a Poetry Workshop this morning for the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center.

Poetry in Locke takes place this afternoon, celebrating the release of and readers from
Voices: 2022 by Cold River Press. Besides lots of poetry, there will be music, food (BBQ/potluck—bring your favorite dish) and even a cornhole tournament! Also today: Mosaic of Voices in Lodi features Janet Rodriguez and Gary Thomas, and Poetry at the African Market at Florin Square presents Poetic Butterfly “Floetician” plus open mic at Florin Square in Sacramento.

And don’t forget the Capturing Wakamatsu workshop in Placerville tomorrow. Click UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS at the top of this column for details about these and other future poetry events in the NorCal area.

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—Medusa
 
 
 
 —Photo Courtesy of Public Domain





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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