Chicken, Chicken on our plates, no place can Chickens hide An unforgiving deep fried fate, of Chicken Poultricide But there’s a price to pay you see, to eat the Colonel’s fare Just try to order any piece; the cupboards all are bare “We ain’t got nary drumsticks.” And “We done ran out of breasts.” “We […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “House”
House of stone, House of memories, Each living alone. Ghosts with love, Ghosts with a curse, Ghosts which wander, Which is worse? Blossoms in the orchard, Blossoms in the womb, Petals fall, Filled is the tomb. Fertile soil, Once old, now new. Old views seen again, In eyes of young two. James M. Garrett has […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: 4 Steps (The Chihuahua’s Lament)
4 Steps take the Chihuahua, trying to keep up with his owner His little legs are pumping, as to not become a loner Living life so little, is a challenge that’s for sure It takes a larger heart, and a devotion that is pure Some of them when petted, shrivel up and start to shutter […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Heidi, Our Dog”
You’ve warmed our feet with your belly, On cold nights near and far. Seen sights that we’ve seen, And traveled miles in our car. You’ve warned us, too, of danger, On long walks through the night, And frightened off a stranger, With the presence of your bite. The tags on your collar tinkle, As you […]
Poetry Corner: Mary Susan Gast “September in the Northern Hemisphere
In wistful September We descend From summer’s summit of light To the dreadful balance Of the precarious Equinox. From there we catch the zip-line Into the sway of night. Mary Susan Gast is a member of Benicia’s First Tuesday Poetry Group
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Between Friends”
To say that one has never done anything wrong, May be to suggest that one has never done anything… to speak of. So bear with me, my friend, in my attempts to grow. For, if change is constant then perfection could not last More than a moment.
Poetry Corner: D.L. Lang “Sheltering in Places”
This whole city now smells like gasoline. No one knows why, and that’s obscene. Officials are investigating the scene. We’re all struck without a warning. Now we wait, sheltering in places, unable to ventilate our cozy spaces, donning air masks on our faces. Praying for better, the human race is. Its source is a still […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: My Last Chance (Prayer)
God forgive us, we are weak, the path to all the things we seek Is fraught with pitfalls and distractions, wars and human interaction Hear me now my solemn prayer, I pray for humans everywhere I’m witness to our own undoing; destiny’s cruel fate ensuing Give us strength, grant us the mind, so what I […]
Poetry Corner: Bobby Richardson “Why I Write Poetry”
I first started writing poetry for the same reason people write or keep journals. Growing up in Alabama as a kid in a family of 12, I went without a lot. I subsequently began to write my feelings down on paper, and voila, a poet was born and my first poem of many to come […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “View from the Benicia Depot”
Standing on the wooden platform of this old fashioned train depot, I remember how I once waited impatiently for trains to take me away, waited in stations as long as football stadiums, New York, Paris, Tokyo, waited eagerly to travel on trains whose wheels clicked and clacked to the edge of a new world. Now […]