Chopping wood the short swing works best maul lifted to eye level, aim, quick arc and oak quarter splits to eighths red raw wood breathes out a sweet nutty scent fresh resin. Later, swim off the sweat in cool Santa Ynez river pool cloaked below the surface turtles poke …
Wild Surprise
Lime Ridge Open Space is a lemon-shaped ridge of grassland and chaparral wedged between suburbs. Steep hills drop to live oak and sycamores along Contra Costa Canal and rise to bald summits where red-tails, Cooper’s hawks, and white-tailed kites hover then stoop toward gophers and ground squirrels on the meadows. Yards with swimming pools back …
Another Routine Morning Sentence
In the morning, while full darkness still holds the sun below the horizon and after I have fed the cats and walked the dog, I am free to take the beans from the cupboard, grabbing the grinder with my free hand, tucking a filter under my chin, and spreading them around the coffee maker with …
PoJo #6 is here
Our topic for show #6: Shark Week! Poems, fiction, and nonfiction on sharks, the ocean, ecology, and human-animal interactions. All set to undanceable beats. Includes poems by Michael McClure, Mary Oliver, Carl Sandburg, DH Lawrence, and Herman Melville. Also fiction and nonfiction by writers like Rachel Carson, Eugenie Clark, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, Jules Verne, …
PoJo #5 is live!
In this, the fifth and final episode of our series on the coronavirus and lockdown, we present poems on fortitude, survival, and renewal. After this episode we’ll explore other subjects such as poetic style, genre, form, technique, and history as well as topical themes in areas like nature, politics, war, music, etc. Look at my …
