Medusa's Kitchen

  Gogol's Dream —Painting by Viktor Gontarov (Ukraine), 1995 * * * —Poetry by Stephen Kingsnorth, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales —Public Domain Art Courtesy of Stephen Kingsnorth    ...

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 —Poetry by Lynn White, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Medusa     DEAR JULIET Listen to a father’s foreboding it’s a difficult time when you...

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 Writing From Memory —Poetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam, Sacramento, CA —Photos by Joyce Odam     FIVE FIFTY-FIVE —Robin Gale Odam I woke from an old sleep and I knew....

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 —Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Nolcha Fox * * * —Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth, Caschwa, and Joe Nolan —Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Nolcha Fox, Joe Nolan, and Medusa ...

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 Argyle, Scotland —Poetry and Photos by Maureen (Mo) Hurley (1952-2024) HAND TOOLS There was an old pruning saw I favored that folded in two with a wingnut hinge curved handle and blade...

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 —Poetry and Photos by Robert Lee Haycock, Antioch, CA     MERDRE! I awoke to a dream of a missive from Dada written automatically to my exquisite corpse         SPOILE...

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Otis Confronts the Woods    * * * —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham Placerville, CA —And then scroll down for FORM FIDDLERS’ FRIDAY, with poetry by Lynn White, Nolcha Fox, Stephen...

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  —Poetry by Sarah Das Gupta, Cambridge, UK —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Medusa     THOUGHTS ON THE STAINED GLASS IN KING’S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE Shepherds, bishops, knigh...

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 —Poetry by Richard LeDue, Norway House, Manitoba, Canada —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CA     MOURNING THE PETALS Another evening flat as a trampled daffo...

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At Once —Poetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam, Sacramento, CA —Photos and Artwork by Joyce Odam     morning filled with sleep autumn color fills the air yesterday thinning  �...

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 Last Walk —Image by Nolcha Fox (with Microsoft Designer) * * * —Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth, Caschwa, Devyanshi Neupane, Sayani Muhkerjee, Michael H. Brownstein, Michael Cer...

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 —Poetry by Kathy Kieth, Diamond Springs, CA —Visuals Courtesy of Public Domain     AMBER MORNINGS   pop and sizzle like bacon: dry roofs are griddles frying late August sunshine. ...

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 —Poetry and Photos by Caschwa, Sacramento, CA     LITTLE NOTES Three’s a big number more than the eyes, legs, or feet then there’s big digits       IT’S ALL RELATIV...

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 —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA —And then scroll down for FORM FIDDLERS’ FRIDAY, with poetry by Nolcha Fox, Joe Nolan, Stephen Kingsnorth, Lynn White, and Caschwa �...

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  Well Come —Poetry and Visuals by Smith, Cleveland, OH     I have true tales tall and tender tumbling me through time Yesterdays are never gone part leach into today the rest stain t...

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  —Poetry by Jeanine Stevens, Sacramento, CA —Public Domain Photos Courtesy  of Janine Stevens and Joe Nolan     TEMPERATURE NORMAL                           ...

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 Meow  —Poetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam, Sacramento, CA —Photos by Joyce Odam     WHEN I AM IN A CERTAIN MOOD, feeling black about certain things (though not as big as wa...

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 —Public Domain Photo Courtesy of Joe Nolan * * * —Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Caschwa Stephen Kingsnorth, Sayani Mukherjee, Devyanshi Neupane, and Joe Nolan —Public Domain Photos Courtesy o...

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—Photo by Nancy Haskett * * * —Poetry by Nancy Chisholm Haskett, Modesto, CA —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Medusa       PHOTO TAKEN, JUNE 7, 2010 She sits on a stool on a ...

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  —Poetry and Visuals by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal,  West Covina, CA IN BAD WEATHER Somewhere the sun rises. And somewhere else someone screams. In bad weather there is often a tr...

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   —Poetry and Photos by Taylor Graham, Placerville, CA —And then scroll down for FORM FIDDLERS’ FRIDAY, with poetry by Nolcha Fox, Stephen Kingsnorth, and Caschwa      THERE...

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—Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Buffalo, WY —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Nolcha Fox     A TUNE I CAN’T CARRY I’d sing a song to summer if it wasn’t for the heat. My brain is melted...

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  —Poetry on the theme of “Cat and Mouse” by Lynn White, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales —Public Domain Photos Courtesy of Joe Nolan, Stockton, CA  BLACK CATS I’m puzzled. You ca...

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 Watchful —Poetry by Joyce Odam and Robin Gale Odam, Sacramento, CA —Visuals by Joyce Odam     SHE SAT AT THE WINDOW —Robin Gale Odam How to knit the faded white of clouds, the...

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 Judo Rabbits Ready to Face the Day —Public Domain Visual Courtesy of Medusa * * * —Poetry by Nolcha Fox, Melissa Lemay, Stephen Kingsnorth, Caschwa, Devyanshi Neupane, Joe Nolan, and C...

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