We arose as a community to your past this morning To honour your memory. We searched through the cooling summer breezes For one glimpse of you and thought Our hearts would surely topple off the edge of some Unseen mountain ledge or sand trail As each flitting shadow Recalled some day gone by When you […]
Poetry Corner: Joel Fallon “Sometimes a Poem”
Sometimes a poem will grab you by the arm and tug you into a dingy doorway, or whisper in your ear about the strangest things, or, smiling, sink gleaming fangs into your throat. And while you’re walking in a barren landscape, sometimes a poem will idle up next to you, match your step and begin […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Dust on the Handle”
There is dust on the handle. Once there was none. Turned so often before, In welcome and fun. Brought home from the store, Shiny and new. Turned with a twist, To open the view. Polished by use, From across the land. Solid and smooth. Firm in the hand. So often turned, To welcome them so. […]
Salvaged plastics become art, not ocean trash
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Special to the Herald A giant patch of garbage that covers twice the area of Texas is growing exponentially in the Pacific Ocean between Hawai’i and California, according to Scientific Reports. And much of the debris are tiny pieces of plastic, which is why the patch wasn’t discovered until […]
Review: BOTTG’s ‘Coming Apart’ anchored by excellent cast
Benicia Old Town Theatre Group opened the final play of its 2017-18 season, Fred Carmichael’s “Coming Apart,” to a well-attended gala at B.D.E.S. Hall on Friday. It is the second comedy BOTTG has put on this season, following October’s “Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her,” which similarly put a humorous take on relationships. […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Cats (Gracie and Lucy)
An altruistic thing to do That our two cats would give My wife and I permission to Stay in their house and live I guess they figure in the end That we won’t interfere With mischief they intend to do To us throughout the year I am under Gracie’s power And Lucy’s my wife’s boss […]
MJ Coleman exhibiting at Camellia Tea Room
By Tibby Lerner Special to the Herald The Camellia Tea Room at 828 First St. is hosting a show by local artist MJ Coleman through May 31. The show, titled “See Me,” is a series of whimsical etchings and monotypes of animals as if they are taking selfies. Each print is uniquely inked and printed. […]
Poetry event to raise money for Joel Fallon Scholarship
Joel Fallon, Benicia’s first poet laureate, died in 2016 but his legacy as an architect of poetry in Benicia lives on, in more ways than one. One of these legacies is the Joel Fallon Poetry Scholarship, which is awarded to two poetically savvy graduating seniors, one from Benicia High School and the other from Liberty […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Contemplation”
THERE is many a mile to cover Before my day is done; And many a challenge to cover Till the dawn of each setting sun. Tradition and breeding are buried Beneath the deeds of each day— And the greatness is in the doing Whatever the game we play. Life passes us by all too quickly; […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “My Lady”
Beauty and kindness, Giving chase and thrills. A sorceress who conjures, All her heart wills. Love with a smile, Eyes, laughing or teary. Safety and warmth, A comfort when I’m weary. Her photo sits on a table. Her fragrance blossoms the air. Footsteps softly pass. Voice giving loving words of care. Breath from her soul, […]