Dig this: in just over a week’s time, The Rellik Tavern will be swinging with a galaxy of Benicia’s finest poets as they pay tribute to the cool cats of the past. In other words, it will be a reading of Beat poetry. Benicia Literary Arts (BLA) and the Benicia First Tuesday Poetry Group will […]
Poetry Corner: Gene Kahane “My Girl”
I do not want to go home yet, For the night sky is but navy, The moon one third, And the girl with the wrist tattoo, Has not stopped looking my way. And so I sit, Writing this very poem, Hoping she’ll recognize my serious pen, The way my hand presses against my head, And […]
Poetry Corner: Dave Holt “Love Thrives”
Tender as the perfectly formed phrase that Satie played, enchanting as a story book on a blustery night when the blanket of dark enfolds us close, comforting as courage discovered on a retreat of the moon. Stepping into the glare of a rain-slick street, I turn to catch the warm glow, smile at the window, […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “What the Rain Has”
This rain has a silver tongue to taste the sweet silence of morning. It has lungs to breathe in the dawn’s goodbye— a last glance looking back over a shoulder of dark clouds. It has lips to mouth all the unspoken words caught in a dream. Listen! Rata-tat-tat— hard drops on skylight glass. This rain […]
Poetry Corner: Georgette Howington “When I’m Gone”
If you think of me in Spring, my love, let the perfume from orange blossoms carried by a gentle breeze kiss you lightly on the cheek and bluebirds lift your spirit where clouds drift across the sky with no limits to your heart’s song. If you think of me in summer, my love, let the […]
Poetry Corner: Allegra Silberstein “Catch the Heart Off-Guard (A Line from Seamus Heaney)”
In your body I heard rivers sing their way to the ocean, your heartbeat the pounding surf. You came unannounced out of the night’s dream like morning dew. Now the wind shouts your name, you are the reason of my evening song. Stars of the night shine in your eyes and I—alive in your dream […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Just Once More”
He was good in his time, very good. Now his time was past as time should. He tried again once more to show, The skill and strength once his to know. The younger player, quick and strong, Taking the place it was his to belong. The older one wanting to show this bunch. To show […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Then…Now…And Maybe”
Like the tall men of fortune Who ride on yesterday’s goodbye I stand beside the gates of time Waiting for tomorrow’s first hello. As the new warmth begins to fade Beyond the hills of fear, I’ll run as close to the edge of love As my tired dreams allow. Please, then, if you will, Extend […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Price That Caring Costs (For Dopp)
I am currently out on a tour of the United States with my old band the Dixie Dregs. I am the Tour Manager and Lighting Director as I was from 1976 through 1983. This is a 40 year anniversary tour of our 1st album, “Free Fall”. I know what you all must be thinking. These […]
Poetry Corner: Ranjit Gill “I Wonder”
I wonder why I often think about the past Tryna make the memories last but alas, I can’t live like that I keep thinking what I should have done and should have been I wonder if things woulda been different. Life zooms by then you die. WHY?