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SUMMARY:Art\, Poetry\, & Jazz Night
DESCRIPTION:November 15\, 2025\n\nWe love to bring together the visual\, literary\, and performing arts for this wonderful event. This year our poets will write poems based on selected artwork from the exhibit\, Abstract Intentions. Jazz musicians will base their music on written poems. Join us as these elements come together for a stellar night of performances. \nBios for Art\, Jazz\, and Poetry 2025 \nRick Rayburn worked for California coastal protection and parkland preservation for years\, and he started studying and writing poetry after he retired from a career with California State Parks. Rick has worked with Bethanie Humphreys\, Joshua McKinney\, and Susan Kelly-Dewitt\, and he’s an active member of PCG\, the monthly critique group. He has published two books with Random Lane Press\, Under the Overstory (2020)\, Slack Tide (2022). Rick’s third book\, Pink Tercets\, was published by The Poetry Box in September 2025. \nCarol Lynn Stevenson Grellas earned her MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a twelve-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a seven-time Best of the Net nominee. In 2021\, her poetry collection Alice in Ruby Slippers\, was shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for Women’s Wisdom Art. Carol Lynn has published numerous books of poetry including Handful of Stallions at Twilight from Finishing Line Press and A Shared and Sacred Space from Kelsay Books. \nStan Zumbiel started writing poems while he was in the Navy. A beloved English teacher for 35 years\, Stan taught junior high and high school until his retirement in 2008. Stan served on SPC’s board of directors for more than two decades\, and he earned his MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His books include Standing Watch (Random Lane Press\, 2016) and Hat Full of Leaves (Cold River Press\, 2021). A new\, updated and expanded edition of Standing Watch is forthcoming from Random Lane in 2025. He and his wife Lynn have four children and nine grandkids. \nDr. V.S. Chochezi and Staajabu are a unique mother and daughter poetry team known as Straight Out Scribes. They are widely published\, have received many honors and awards\, and have published eight books of poetry and two CDs. In addition to their writing and performance accomplishments\, this mother/daughter poetic duo has produced and coordinated many consciousness-raising events and fund-raisers. True activist poets\, Straight Out Scribes has spent over three decades working on the campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jamal and aid many other political prisoners. Learn more at their website straightoutscribes.shop. \nMary Zeppa has been a mainstay of the Sacramento poetry scene since she helped found the Sacramento Poetry Center in 1979. Her poems have appeared in many journals including Perihelion and The New York Quarterly\, and she has two chapbooks\, The Battered Bride Overture and Little Ship of Blessing. Her most recent collection is My Body Tells its Own Story\, from Cherry Grove Editions. Zeppa is also a singer and lyricist\, and she sang in the a cappella quintet Cherry Fizz. \nNSAA (Lawrence Dinkins\, Jr.) has performed and hosted at poetry events for many years. He’s also created special events such as Poet vs Band and the online poetry series Coffee and Poets. As part of the duo Electropoetic Coffee\, with guitarist Ross Hammond\, NSAA recorded numerous albums\, and they performed at the Crest Theater in 2018. NSAA’s books have been published by Sacramento publishers little m press and Random Lane Press. He’s currently working on new poetry and prose\, while working for a community theatre consortium. \nLaura Martin has had her poems appear in many publications including Tule Review\, Late Peaches: Poems by Sacramento Poets\, The Gasconade Review\, River Dog Zine\, Peregrine\, and Poems-For-All. Her new collection is Haiku for the Undead. She has won several awards for her poetry and fronts The Soft Offs—a seven-piece spoken word music ensemble that takes the written word from page to stage. \nBob Stanley (host) retired from teaching at Sac State so that he could focus on poetry\, music\, and travel. With help from his wife Joyce Hsiao\, he has been presenting poetry programs including Bob’s Online Poetry Seminars and Third Tuesday Poetry at Twin Lotus Thai Restaurant. Bob is also working with producer Lawrence Dinkins on the poetry podcast Coffee and Poets. His most recent book\, Language Barrier\, was published by CW Books in June 2024. \nMusician Ryan Clark (band leader) is a composer and vibraphonist who has performed with many award-winning jazz bands. Ryan wrote and performed the compositions for the group that played at the Art\, Poetry and Jazz event at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center in 2019\, online in 2021\, and in person here at SFAC in 2023 and 2024.Our returning band is the Ryan Clark Quartet. \n\n\nRyan Clack -Band leader\nAlex Reyes- Piano\nTyler Miles- Bass\nAustin Kim- Drums\n\n\nIf you are hoping to have your art selected by a poet this year\, we highly recommend entering the Abstract Intentions show. \nFeatured Art: \nAnywhere But In Between  by Allyson Gunnell\nBrain Waves by Janice Hironaka\nSelf-Portrait with Guitar and Absinthe by David Vaught\nOh Bananas by Claude Duplat\nScarlett Twilight Canopy by Andrea Morris\nMoonscape in Blue and Gold by Charlene Steen\nMiami by Natalia Gomez\nMorning Fog by Joel Bresolin\nGeometry of the Moon by Chanel Mace\nCeiling View\, Sagrada Familia by Nancy Garrett\nSummer Carnival by Debbie Koerner\nIf You Don’t See a Pattern\, Make One by Brett Billingsley\nCommon Threads by Patricia Abraham\nHalf Moon Bay by Nora Goff\nLeaving Helsinki by Karen Finley\nUntitled by Margo Mullen\nEphemera Madness 2 by Tina Maier \nMember tickets are $30 each. General registration is $35. Click ‘Register’ below for tickets.\n\nWhen: November 15\, 2025
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LOCATION:Sacramento Fine Arts Center\, 5330 GIBBONS DR\, Carmichael\, CA\, 95608\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gold Country Writers: Bob Stanley "Why Is This A Poem"
DESCRIPTION:I’m going to be giving a talk on poetry at Gold Country Writers in Auburn on September 17th from 10 am to noon. It will touch on some of my poetic influences\, as well as ways that Joyce and I have integrated poetry into our busy lives. It will probably be about two-thirds rambling lecture and one-third of me reading my own poems. Come if you can – it’s a free event at the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall – 1225 Lincoln Way. Bring and invite friends – any questions\, let me know!
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LOCATION:Auburn City Hall\, 1225 Lincoln Way\, Auburn\, CA\, 95603
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SUMMARY:Third Tuesday Poetry Night @ Twin Lotus: Brad Buchanan\, Karen Defoe\, and Jim Knowles
DESCRIPTION:Third Tuesday Poetry Night \nTuesday\, August 19 at 6:00 pm \nBrad Buchanan\, Karen Defoe\, and Jim Knowles \nTwin Lotus Thai Restaurant – 8345 Folsom Blvd\, Sacramento  \nHosted by Bob Stanley \nReading starts at 6:00\, followed by open mic.                 \nSeating is Limited! Reservations and pre-ordering are strongly requested – please go to twinlotusthai.com to reserve your table and place your food order.  \nNote that the Third Tuesday Poetry link is listed below all the Music Events and just below Two Tune Tuesdays.  \nFeatured poets for August 19th \nKaren DeFoe holds a BA in Drama and an MA in Education\, has performed with Roadside Theater Company in Germany and San Jose Music Theater\, was Director of Drama for Carmichael School of Performing Arts\, founded the children’s theater company Corps de Jeune\, and taught English and Drama in Germany\, and in both public and private schools in California. Her poems have appeared in Ink Spots: Award-Winning Flash Fiction and Poetry\, More Than Enough\, Tule Review\, and Voices. \nJim Knowles was born in Honolulu\, raised in the Diablo Valley east of San Francisco Bay\, and lived more than 30 years in Silicon Valley. Jim played keyboards in jazz\, rock\, fusion\, and blues bands while pursuing a long career as a software engineer. Jim and his wife Liza now live in Sydney\, Australia\, where he pursues his daily practices of tai chi\, music\, poetry\, and art. His first book of poetry\, The Beginning of Dreams\, has just been published by Random Lane Press. \nBrad Buchanan has been published in over 200 journals\, and he has many book-length collections of poetry in print\, including The Miracle Shirker (2005)\, Swimming the Mirror: Poems for My Daughter (2008)\, and Chimera (2022). Now Emeritus Professor of English at Sacramento State University\, Dr. Buchanan has also published numerous scholarly articles and two academic books. In February 2015\, he was diagnosed with a rare form of T-cell lymphoma\, and he underwent a stem cell transplant in 2016. Currently in remission\, Brad continues to write and lead writing groups in the Sacramento community.
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LOCATION:Twin Lotus Thai Restaurant\, 8345 Folsom Blvd\, Sacramento\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Third Tuesday Poetry Night @ Twin Lotus Thai Restaurant: Cynthia Linville\, Sue Daly\, and Richard Turner
DESCRIPTION:Third Tuesday Poetry Night \nTuesday\, July 15 at 6:00 pm \nCynthia Linville\, Sue Daly\, and Richard Turner \nTwin Lotus Thai Restaurant – 8345 Folsom Blvd\, Sacramento  \nHosted by Ann Michaels \nReading starts at 6:00\, followed by open mic.                 \nSeating is Limited! Reservations and pre-ordering are strongly requested – please go to twinlotusthai.com to reserve your table and place your food order.  \nNote that the Third Tuesday Poetry link is listed below all the Music Events and just below Two Tune Tuesdays.  \nFeatured poets for JULY 15 \nSue Daly has been writing poetry since she was a teenager. She and her late husband\, Stephen\, have been involved with Sacramento Poetry Center for over ten years\, and both have been featured readers there. The Dalys are founding members of The Sacramento Poetry Alliance. Sue’s poetry has been published in several literary journals and anthologies. Her chapbook\, A Voice at Last\, was published in 2017 by Dad’s Desk\, and her latest poetry collection\, Language of the Tea Leaves\, published by Cold River Press in 2021\, is available to buy tonight. Sue\, who led a writing class at Wellspring Woman’s Center in Sacramento for many years\, plans to lead writing groups as an AWA facilitator this fall. For more information about her books and workshops\, contact Sue at jtwnana7@gmail.com. \nCynthia Linville’s two books of collected poems\, The Lost Thing and Out of Reach\, are available from Cold River Press. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize as well as for a Best of the Net. A music aficionado with a theater background\, Cynthia has received three mini-grants from Poets & Writers to perform her work in collaboration with musicians. She has taught in the English Department at Sacramento State University since 2000\, and she served as Managing Editor of Convergence: an online journal of poetry and art from 2008 to 2018. \nRichard Turner is an accomplished writer and award-winning photographer\, a graduate of Stanford and UC Berkeley School of Law. He practiced law for over 50 years\, including serving as counsel to Governor Ronald Reagan. For many years Richard served as President of the Sacramento Fine Arts Center\, and his artwork has featured in many art galleries\, public buildings and private collections. He and his wife Prem are profiled in the book The Third Act: Reinventing Your Next Chapter alongside Gloria Steinem\, Robert Redford\, Jane Fonda\, and others\, as people redefining their lives in inspiring ways.  The late Wayne Dyer said of Richard’s first book\, “The words and images touched me at my soul.” At this reading you will get a preview of his second book\, Sweet Crazy\, Walking on the Edge\, with a presentation integrating poetry\, photography and music. For all the accolades\, Richard has had his share of challenges. He is indebted to the recovery and spiritual communities\, as well as a team of medical professionals\, as he takes the good fight to Parkinson’s disease. Richard\, at 87\, has three living children\, 13 grand and great grandchildren. He is urging them all to become park rangers instead of lawyers. \nHere is the direct link to reserve for the show; https://forms.gle/K2R2xi4U4xKa8R1o9
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LOCATION:Twin Lotus Thai Restaurant\, 8345 Folsom Blvd\, Sacramento\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry at Albion Hall
DESCRIPTION:Poetry at Albion Hall \nSunday\, November 17\, 2024\, 4:00 pm \nA Sunday afternoon reading featuring eight poets: \nGenny Lim\, current San Francisco Poet Laureate\, \nGiovanna Lomanto \nKim Shuck\, 7th San Francisco Poet Laureate \nDavid Gorin\, Winner of the 2023 Emily Dickinson Award \nDeborah Bachels Schmidt NSAA (Lawrence Dinkins\, Jr) Rebecca Lee Whiting \nBob Stanley\, Sacramento Poet Laureate\, 2009-2012 \nWith musical accompaniment by Mike Shea on bass \n  \nJoin us for this special poetry event!\nSunday\, November 17 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm\nDoors open at 3:30\nAlbion Hall is located at 143 Albion St\, San Francisco \nSeating is limited\nPlease make your reservation at albionpoetry@gmail.com\nSuggested donation $20 per person\nAll donations will benefit two Bay Area literary organizations: \nColossus Press and The Ina Coolbrith Circle \nNote: Donations may be made directly to these organizations\, or you may donate at the door. \nTo support the work of Colossus Press\, please donate at https://colossuspress.org/support-colossus-press \nTo support Ina Coolbrith Circle\, please send a check to Gayle Eleanor\, Treasurer\n1245 Pine Creek Way\, #J Concord\, CA 94520\n(please indicate “Albion Poetry” on check) \nNote: Parking is very difficult\, we recommend ridesharing or public transit. 16th Street/Mission is the nearest BART station. \nFEATURED POETS \nGenny Lim was born in San Francisco\, and she earned a BA and an MA from San Francisco State University. Lim earned a certificate in broadcast journalism from Columbia University and later worked as a reporter\, producer\, and commentator for CBS News. Lim is the author of the poetry collections Winter Place (1989)\, Child of War (2003)\, and Paper Gods and Rebels (2013). Her work appears in the Oxford Book of Women’s Writing in the United States (1995)\, and Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island (1980). Lim is the winner of the 1981 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. In 1982\, she founded a theater company\, Paper Angels Productions\, now known as Theatre XX\, a company that performs experimental theater. Lim has taught at the New College of California\, and her papers are held at UC Santa Barbara. She was named Poet Laureate of San Francisco’s in August 2024. \nDavid Gorin is the author of To a Distant Country\, selected by Jennifer Chang for the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship and forthcoming in 2024. His writing received the 2023 Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a BA\, MA\, and MPhil in English Literature from Yale University. He has taught creative writing and literature at Deep Springs College\, Stanford Continuing Studies\, the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution (via the Yale Prison Education Initiative)\, Eastern Correctional Facility (via the Bard Prison Initiative)\, and Yale. \nKim Shuck is a poet\, visual artist\, and educator. She is solo author of eleven books\, part of editing another eleven. Shuck served as the 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco. \nDeborah Bachels Schmidt has published five chapbooks\, including Stumbling into Grace\, published by Orchard Street Press. She is co-author of Love’s Meditation from Random Lane Press). Her work has appeared in journals including Blue Unicorn\, California Quarterly\, The Exacting Clam\, and The MacGuffin\, as well as in numerous anthologies. She has earned awards from the Coolbrith Circle\, the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition\, and Orchard Street Press. This year her poems won grand prizes in the Poets’ Dinner and the Dancing Poetry Festival. \nNSAA (Lawrence Dinkins\, Jr.) was born in Detroit and moved to California in the 1990s. He studied writing at Sacramento City College and has been writing and performing his poetry for over twenty years. Lawrence served on the board of the Sacramento Poetry Center\, and he has hosted dozens of Sacramento poetry events at both Mahogany Urban Poetry and Luna’s Café. Lawrence published Open Mic Sketchbook and And It Is Beautiful with little m press\, and his selected poems\, Warrior Poet\, was published by Random Lane Press in 2019. \nGiovanna Lomanto is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and dog costume contest judge (ask her about it)\, who has published 3 poetry collections\, 2 chapbooks\, and an art book with various small presses. A recent MFA graduate from NYU\, she currently serves as the co-publisher of the indie press Game Over Books and the lead curator of LitQuake’s QTBIPOC event series. Her work can be found in the SFMOMA\, KQED\, and the bookshelves of her friend’s homes. \nRebecca Lee Whiting has published her poetry in many independent literary magazines and presses including Prometheus Dreaming\, Colossus: Freedom\, and Colossus:Body.. She has served as an editor for Colossus Press\, an Oakland-based literary nonprofit press that funds good works with good art. Rebecca studied creative writing at Bennington College and has a BA from Yale\, an MA from the Courtauld\, and a JD from UC Berkeley. A Los Angeles native\, these days she splits her time between Sea Ranch and San Francisco with her partner and their goldendoodle\, Justice. \nBob Stanley has published two books from CW Press\, Miracle Shine (2012)\, and Language Barrier (2024). He has organized poetry events in Northern California for over 40 years\, and he served as Sacramento’s fifth Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2012. With his wife Joyce Hsiao\, Bob leads online poetry classes and manages Random Lane Press\, a small publisher\, from their home in Sacramento. \nMike Shea\, bass\, has played in numerous jazz groups over the years\, including a duo with vocalist Michelle Abby\, and both a trio and a quintet featuring vocalist Mike Biber. Mr. Shea has performed with poets Lawrence Dinkins and Bob Stanley at the Sacramento Poetry Center\, and he played bass in the group that provided accompaniment for a 12-hour performance of Homer’s Iliad at Grace Cathedral in 2023. \nThe Ina Coolbrith Circle was founded in 1919 by Ina Coolbrith\, California’s first Poet Laureate. Today\, over 200 ICC members continue to nurture the poetry and history of the Golden State. www.coolpoetry.org \nColossus Press publishes anthologies and organizes events to help fund nonprofits that work for social justice. Colossus’s goal is to create a space to gather in the spirit of resistance to “call out cruelty and support concrete change.” colossuspress.org \nAlbion Hall is an historic Mission District building known as Equality Hall when it served as a headquarters for the Socialist Party in 1908. From 1912 to 1966 the hall was headquarters for the International Longshoreman’s Association and the Workmen’s Educational Association. This is the first poetry event held at this venerable San Francisco home. \nPoetry at Albion is hosted by Leslie Lai and Rebecca Lee Whiting.
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LOCATION:Albion Hall\, 143 Albion St\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kathryn Hohlwein reads from The Little Chapel in Donegal
DESCRIPTION:Live at Random Lane \n6:00 pm on Tuesday\, June 22nd \nKathryn will read from her brand new collected poems\, The Little Chapel in Donegal. \nRSVP if you plan to come – proof of Covid vaccination required at the door! \nrandomlanepress@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Community of Writers - 50th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:Join Random Lane Press and the Community of Writers for an anniversary reading on Zoom – Friday June 11 at 6:00pm Pacific. Hosted by Bob Stanley. Details to follow!
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SUMMARY:The Random Lane summer poetry series opens with four women poets: Breanna Hardy\,  Christine Neuman\,  Jill Stockinger\,  and Mo Fowler
DESCRIPTION:Friday May 21 at 6pm Pacific time on Zoom \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86522706280?pwd=SE9oREtZenNZanlycHMxL2tSb2dIZz09\nPasscode: 728595 \nBreanna Hardy is a poet and arts educator from Solano County with a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She is the founder and executive director of Solano Writers Society\, an organization dedicated to creating opportunities for writers and inspiring passion for the literary arts within the county. Her poetry is feminine and sensual\, grounding readers in their bodies as she blurs the line between fantasy and reality. \nAloe\nAn expanse of days\,\nthree weeks\, a month\,\ncolored lapis\, carolina\,\nand cornflower\nwith moments that glimmer\nand sound like the patter of\nrain on the back of my skull.\nCleansing\, fasting\nto forget instants\nthat made years\nthat never existed for us.\nI break a leaf from shower\naloe plant\, rub bitter\, gossamer gel\nacross tongue – heal burns\nof desperate words.\nThe smell of clean earth\ncoming and going\nto replace the scent\nof you\nin my memory.\nBut two words from me to you\nand from you to me\,\ntwo words\, and I’m back. \n– Breanna Hardy \nChristine Neuman is a graduate student in the creative writing program at Sacramento State University. She has had poems published in various online journals\, including Cough Syrup issue #4 and İPalante! issue #2. She likes to read poets that dip their toes into surrealism\, like James Tate. She is studying to become a poetry teacher and wants to publish books of her own. \nThe Goat \nI thought I knew loneliness\,\nbut when you’re at the local farmers market\nat Carmichael park\, Sunday morning\nyou buy a goat’s foreskin\,\nsew it onto your back\,\nand walk through the town proud.\nThe goat says hello in the eyes\nof everyone who stares\,\nbecause they cannot see the goat\nthey hold within.\nThey have no idea\nI am the goat.\nI am the wind.\nMy limbs began to wither.\nI do not love marriage.\nHer dull smell\, her thin string-like hair\nwrapped in a ball within my stomach.\nThe babbling of your partner of ten years.\nThe unbearable silence returning\,\nsounding sweeter than any bar talk.\nI do not love marital sex.\nI do not love polyandry.\nBecause I keep the worst company\nin the company of myself. \n– Christine Neuman \n  \nJill Stockinger obtained her MLS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked as a librarian for 42 years\, including at the Sacramento Public Library\, where she ran an open writing group for sixteen years. Jill retired in 2019\, but continues to be an active member of many writing groups. Her poems have been published in several literary magazines. She and her artist husband Max have traveled throughout the US in their 45 years of marriage; they enjoy writing\, taking online classes\, playing chess\, and socializing with their son\, his wife and 2 young grandchildren. \nHere Is The Moon And Winter\nby Jill Stockinger\nWinter hangs a moon\nabove the barn and calls\na hoot owl to celebrate.\nThe mouse scurries for safety\nfar below jagged icicles\nglistening from the eaves\nof the snowbound house\nwhere a man chafes his rough\nhands together and feeds\nanother fat log to the fire.\nSmoke rises out the chimney\,\nthe fire barely heating the house.\nThe smoke lifts shapeshifting forms\nin the heavy cold which tries to\nhold them but they quiver and\ndance to the drawn-out moan of\na passing freight train and then\ndissipate under the searchlight\nof the silent round moon.\nThe man scratches at his wiry beard\nwondering if he will get any sleep\nbefore day breaks but it keeps\ngetting harder\, harder to deal with\nthe pain in his back\, harder to sleep\,\nharder to pee and harder to face\nthe losing that just keeps piling on.\nHe gets into bed under the quilt\nshe sewed and hugs the pillow\nin the case she embroidered but\nwith all the aches and pains he\njust gives up and sits in his chair\nby the fire and visits with the dead \n-Jill Stockinger \n  \nMo Fowler is an artist and writer raised here in Sacramento who will begin work as an MFA candidate at UC Irvine this fall. Her forthcoming poetry chapbook\, Sit Wild\, will be available for preorders July 12. Connect with Mo at mocfowler@gmail.com or @original_mo_fo \nWHEN I WAKE UP I AM NOTHING AT ALL \nthat you would recognize. I am dredging\non locked thumbs toward the miracle\ncorner of the kitchen’s gone-gray linoleum\nwhere my four dollar coffee pot sits\nin a continent of stains I never\nclean up. I see characters\nin the loose shapes\nof the mess\, shake my head\nto clear them\, in the motion spill\nagain\, hot flow over the lips\nof my daisy yellow mug\ncoffee drops steaming dark\nonto the bleeding seams of my knuckles\ncracked open in the dry January air\nin a quiet moment between the cars\nthat drive past this shaking\nroom where I kneel\non bare bruised skin in front of the piddling\ncracked pot. I take a sip\nthrough my nose\nas much as my mouth\nthe morning is vast\nin every direction\nstill\, there is no way to get\nwhat I want in this life\nbut every sunrise\nis beasting and battles and I would rather\nbe bloody than nothing\nat all \n– Mo Fowler
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