Today’s post is a narrative poem…a short story that examines why we write. Poems and people like all things, are temporary, fleeting moments of brilliance. Like cinders, brightly rising from a blazing fire, only to descend, helplessly, to the ground and combine with the dust. With everything and nothing. I hope you like it. jefe […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Fake News
Writing left to right, is just the way we do it here Right to left and up to down, are right, East, far and near Cuneiform clay tablets, hieroglyphics and the rest Printed words, calligraphy; folks use what they know best Books and cards and letters, business deals and poetry Will last a wee bit […]
Poetry Corner: Krandall Kraus “He Went Back Once”
He went back once – just before the end. Back to his beginnings. He wanted to stand at the precise place where his mother lay shuddering in darkness, bleeding him into the urine-drenched hay. He wished to smell the air, touch that spot where his life began, holy not for his earthly coming, but for […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Elementary
Watson came to Sherlock Holmes, and was so bold to ask If he could solve a mystery; a most perplexing task He showed his boss a Facebook page, discovered by Lestrade Each day contained a posted poem, whose topics all were odd Holmes started his perusal, with a magnifying glass The cartoons, font and content, […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “Spring Rain”
The noisy birds Hide in gauzy layers Of morning mist Chatter among themselves Like gossiping neighbors Heady with the prospect Of coming rain The pattering down Sound Of dry soil Made thick Muddy Fertile The sudden softening Of hard winter twigs Finally able to Bend and give At last rounded and formed By wet clay […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Blooming”
Flowers in the garden. Blossoms in the spring. The fragrance of the petals. The joy love can bring. A hesitant step as you stop to see, The beauty and life you’ve brought to be. Love is the sun that holds the key. Growing love like you’ve brought to me.
Poetry Corner: Krandall Kraus “It Was the Desert”
It was the desert that did it for Him. The Desert that taught Him the deep meaning of Nothingness, revealed the life that lurks just beneath the surface of Death. It was the long line on the horizon the pale blue sky kissing Earth in the distance that made Him weep at the deep sleep […]
Poetry to resume at Rosanna’s following accident
Following an accident almost two weeks ago that led to it being temporarily closed, Rosanna’s European Delights is open again and just in time for Benicia’s First Sunday Poetry Series in April. On the evening of Thursday, March 9, a vehicle had crashed into the side of the First Street bakery and struck a gas […]
Poetry Corner: Bobby Richardson “Benicia Family Depot”
She parks down at the Marina Where she sits on waters edge. In a lovely town, with lovely people A modern day Pleasantville, Ne’er a soul dreads. On a hot summer day Or a cool summer night It’s a haven for families And lovers alike. Pardon me boy, was this the California Choo Choo, 780 […]
Poetry Corner: Krandall Kraus “What Dogs Know (For Kim Storch)”
I wait on the stoop, wait now, clearer, more focused on the waiting. Fewer cars pass by; fewer children cry from tenement windows. Pedestrians smile, but seldom speak, and neighbors have learned to stay inside. Only the neighborhood dogs keep me company, panting, circling, barking and smiling at one another. An old setter lies in […]