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California Quarterly, Volume 49, Number 4, Winter 2023, Edited by Maja Trochimczyk, Cover Art: Popocatepetl, Spirited Morning—Mexico by Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). Oil on board, 25x29 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sam Rose and Julie Walters, 1932
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Earthquake Weather — Madeleine Lamm 7
Holding On — Allegra Silberstein 8
Eating Poetry — rg cantalupo 9
The Irish Rain — Owen O’Sullivan 10
Outside, Tonight — Jane Stuart 10
Rain and Chopin — David Sapp 11
Beethoven’s Tuning Fork — Byron Beynon 12
During Music — Katharyn Howd Machan 12
In the Starry Dynamo — Ed Meek 14
Snowshoe — Allison Burris 15
Winters — Linden Van Wert 15
North — Madeleine Lamm 16
Northern Night — David Luisi 16
The Snow Lotus — Maja Trochimczyk 17
Unbelonging — C.M. Rivers 18
Learning to Pray — Carlo DiOrio 19
White Mountain — Dana J. Graef 20
Roadrunner’s Prayer — Bren Ohta 20
Dance on Wire — Beverly M. Collins 22
Wondering about God — Allegra Silberstein 23
Aurelius at the Pedro Point Car Park — David Rosenheim 24
The Night We Cried in the Theater — Allison Burris 25
Now — W. C. Gosnell 26
In Each Other, We Are the Complete Version of Ourselves — Phillip Jason 27
Black — rg cantalupo 28
Postcard — Madeleine Lamm 29
Slow Waves — Nicholas Skaldetvind 30
The Sea and I — Emilio Gomez 31
Sound Is the Ocean — Karin Charlotte 32
Beach Sand — Arlene Downing-Yaconelli 33
The Thousand of Precise Things — Vivian Underhill 34
Flight Pattern — C.M. Rivers 35
Moment of Contact — Emma Ashley 36
all the light I see — Susan Rogers 36
Tilt — Jennifer M Phillips 37
Tightening Laces — Iwo Drury 38
Road Story — Emma Ashley 39
My Mother’s — Abie Irabor 40
Just Like Mother — Maura Harvey 41
Child — Eliot Cardinaux 42
& The Song Goes On, Unsinging Everything — Eliot Cardinaux 43
Sunset — Mary Elliott 44
Quantum Entanglement — Mark G. Hammerschick 44
Waxing and Waning — Phillip Jason 46
Petition — Jayne Jaudon Ferrer 47
Dream — Marlene Hitt 48
A Collection of Dreams — Michael Fraley 48
Falling Snowdrops, Dancing Rain — Jane Stuart 49
The Night Heron — Jennifer M Phillips 50
Embroidery — Maura Harvey 51
Ascending — W.C. Gosnell 52
By the Incubator — Jane Stuart 53
Message — Alessio Zanelli 53
Winners of 36th Poetry Contest 54
180º Transitions Sharon Chmielarz 55
Old People are Such a Drag Claire Scott 56
Badassery Susan Wolbarst 57
Call Me Shahed Mark G. Hammerschick 59
Cover Art: Popocatepetl, Spirited Morning—Mexico by Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). Oil on board, 25x29 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sam Rose and Julie Walters, 1932
Contributors in Alphabetical Order 60
CSPS Contest Opportunities 60
CSPS Newsbriefs 2023, No. 4 by Maja Trochimczyk 62
Publishing Opportunities with CSPS 65
2022 CSPS Donors, Patrons, and Membership 66
CSPS Membership Form 68
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Toppled Statues — Jim Dunn 7In the Cathedral — John Grey 8Unhomeliness — Paul Schreiber 9A Father’s Death — Paul Schreiber 10Tonight I’ll Dance — Paul Schreiber 12Brineflight — Jeff Graham 14In Praise of Blue — Ruth Bavetta 15The 1970s — Charles Rafferty 16I Like to Think of Myself as Having Goals — Charles Rafferty 16Purses — Charles Rafferty 17East Ridge, Ascot Hills — Gregory Cecil 18Mais Où Sont Les Neiges D’Antan? — Rick Anthony Furtak 19Tumult — Lauro Palomba 20Snow — Susie Meserve 21List — Susie Meserve 22Hiking in Tilden Park on the Last Day of Summer — Susie Meserve 23Hopland Overhead — Susie Meserve 24Homeward Over Sonora Pass, August 2020, Listening to a Podcast About the Painter Egon Schiele, Who Died of Spanish Flu — Susie Meserve 25Pieter Brueghel The Elder’s Fall of Icarus — Kevin McDaniel 26Window Magic — Dianna MacKinnon Henning 27Inchanting — Rhea Krčmářová 28Anamnesis — Anthony Caleshu 29Το Αιώνιο Μάτι Τησ Σιωπήσ — Γεράσιμος Σωτ. Γαλανός 30The Eye — Nicholas Skaldetvind, transl. 31Promesa Aérea — Almaguer 32An Airy Promise — Margaret Saine, tr. 33Eigentlich Sollte Man — Karl Greisinger 34Actually One Shouldn’t — Margaret Saine, tr. 35Evening Tree — Edward Garvey 3657 The Fox God’s Shrine — Jim Ellis 37Lost in Stockholm — Thomas Lavelle 38Any Wonder — Thomas Lavelle 39The Muse — Craig Cotter 39Night Hoops — Thomas Lavelle 40Saturn’s Children (After Goya) — Cary Barney 41Broken Bird (c. 1988) — Cary Barney 42Broken Bird II (2023) — Cary Barney 43Tête à Tête — Carolyn Jabs 44January — Mathias Toivonen 45Arctic Circle 1 — John James 46Arctic Circle 2 — John James 47Arctic Circle 3 — John James 48Spring — Edward Garvey 49Watching the Garden Embrace Light — Beau Beausoleil 50A Movement — Adam Day 51Night — Adam Day 51Isolation Songs — Karla Kelsey 52A Summer Day Dislogic — Brandon Rushton 54FROM MOTION STUDIES (VOL. I, FOUR PARTS) — Brandon Rushton 56Suddenly — Peter Gizzi 58
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California Quarterly, Vol. 49, Number 2, Spring 2023
The Smallest is the Bridge ― Charlene Langfur ― 7
When the Desert Blooms ― Sarah Baker ― 8
Totem ― Carlo DiOrio ― 9
Wild Cherry ― Erin Thomas ― 10
My Daughter is Pregnant ― Daniel Thomas ― 11
A Thousand and One ― Sarah Baker ― 12
Soft Blankets Make the Stars Shine Brighter ― Daniel Wroten ― 12
Dimensions ― Mark Belair ― 13
maybe I’m only ― Margaret Saine ― 13
My Relationship to the Universe ― David Woodward ― 14
Ripples in the Fabric of the Universe ― Jim Tilley ― 15
Space ― Bart Edelman ― 16
Scrimmage ― Jane Stuart ― 17
Canyon Creek Bioswalk, Ascott Hills ― Gregory Cecil ― 17
Afflatus ― Livingston Rossmoor ― 18
You Are on the River, Drifting ― M. C. Rush ― 19
She Is Just Saying, Not That I Asked ― Jeanne Holdridge ― 20
Morning Songs ― Gary Metheny ― 21
Obeyance, Obeisance ― Carlo DiOrio ― 21
When I’m Eighty-Four ― Wyatt Underhill ― 22
At His Father’s Bedside ― Daniel Thomas ― 23
all of them, fallen ― ayaz daryl nielsen ― 23
Visiting Hours ― Michael Meyerhofer ― 24
Saying Goodbye ― Jane Stuart ― 25
Measures of Empathy, of Grief ― Diane DeCillis ― 25
King for a Day ― Andy Roberts ― 26
The Bantam Hours 41 ― Jeff Graham ― 26
The Song ― Bart Edelman ― 27
To Ludwig, Oh Friend, Not These Sounds ― Marc Janssen ― 28
Ode to an Unnamed Greek Slave ― Michael Meyerhofer ― 29
One Sunny Afternoon ― Jeanne Holdridge ― 31
Whale Watching ― E. Martin Pedersen ― 32
Tomorrow I Will Be Another I ― Alex Przybyla ― 33
The Beach Goes On ― Jim Stewart ― 33
Basterà l’Oceano ― Antonio Blunda ― 34
Will the Ocean Be Enough ― Margaret Saine, tr. ― 35
Lines Composed Above Cabrillo Beach ― Giovanni Boskovich ― 36
The Silence of the Common Nighthawk ― John Schneider ― 37
Moonlight ― Kevin Thornburgh ― 38
A New Moon ― Erin Garstka ― 38
This Quarter Moon ― Erin Garstka ― 39
A Full Moon ― Claire J. Baker ― 40
Memory Moon ― Brian James Stone ― 41
Aynar Means Moonlight ― Diane DeCillis ― 42
I Rediscover My Childhood Microscope ― Henry Stimpson ― 43
Daily Bread of Words ― Margaret Saine ― 43
Silence Caught in Time ― Joseph Galasso ― 44
After 2 ― M. C. Rush ― 45
I Was Awakened at Midnight ― Jiang Pu ― 46
Alchemy for Want of a Kiss ― Cordelia Hanemann ― 46
Absence ― Hedy Habra ― 48
What Else Is There ― Jeanne Holdridge ― 49
A Te Poggiata ― Rita Stanzione ― 50
Begonia ― Paul Willis ― 50
Leaning Against You ― Margaret Saine, tr. ― 51
the world ends ― ayaz daryl nielsen ― 51
I Fell in Love with Luo Jin ― Maja Trochimczyk ― 52
When I Was in Istanbul ― Linda Hughes ― 53
An Impossible Canvas ― John Schneider ― 54
Confession ― Kevin Thornburgh ― 55
Avoid Dance ― Marc Janssen ― 56
Mad Apples ― Kit Kennedy ― 57
Tremulous ― Paul Willis ― 57
Just Thinking ― Leslie Hendrickson- Baral ― 58
Less Prepared ― Lee Clark Zumpe ― 58
A Place for the Luminous ― Charlene Langfur ― 59
Cover Art: Soap Bubbles in Encinitas, color photo by Chris Hannemann
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Start Somewhere ~ Cathy Porter 7
Prophecy ~ Jane Stuart 7
Start Somewhere ~ Cathy Porter 7
Prophecy ~ Jane Stuart 7
Eternal Change ~ Elżbieta Czajkowska 8
Pearling ~ Diane Lee Moomey 9
Message ~ Julia Cadwallader Staub 9
Berlin on Foot ~ Günther Bedson 10
Dream-walking a Year Later in the Gardens of Charlottenburg Castle ~ Günther Bedson 11
Pilgrimage ~ Diane Lee Moomey 12
The Babies Are in Bloom Again ~ Michael Fraley 13
Autumn Leaves in Spring ~ Lucia Kiersch Haase 14
Roadside Cross ~ Oriana Ivy 15
Elk and Driftwood ~ Pamela Biery 16
Japan ~ Kevin Thornburg 18
Under the Mulberry Bush ~ Konrad Tademar Wilk 19
Enchantment ~ Walker Abel 20
Divine Sculpture ~ Emory Jones 21
Kisses from You ~ Antoni B. Frinkley 22
Identity ~ Julia Cadwallader Staub 22
Hadrosaur Soloists ~ Ruth Berman 23
It Beckoned Me ~ Ravi Sonakia 23
Night Sounds ~ Michael Fraley 24
Passion ~ Livingston Rossmoor 25
The Cyclops ~ Diana DeCillis 26
The Enlightenment of Touch ~ Walker Abel 27
The Hard-skinned Fruit ~ Jay A. Adler 28
Painted Desert ~ Emory Jones 29
Habitat ~ Quito Regalo 30
Bluey ~ Jenny McBride 30
Tranquility Base ~ Don Palmer 31
All You Left Me ~ Günther Bedson 32
It’s All Gone Now ~ Ravi Sonakia 33
Aunt Ruth’s Lace Gloves ~ Kit Kennedy 34
Transmutation ~ Leonard Moon 35
My Imperceptible Basket and the Apathy of Moral Dignity ~ Adam Torkelson 36
Storm Troopers ~ Quito Regalo 37
Cow in Trees ~ John Rowe 38
I Don’t Like Pretty ~ Jenny McBride 38
Asimov and the Wonders ~ Ruth Berman 39
How to Pray ~ Claire J. Baker 40
Nepenthe, O Nepenthe ~ Leonard Moon 40
Buzzed ~ John Rowe 41
Princess on Parade ~ E. Martin Pedersen 42
In Answer to Logan’s Question What’s Thunder ~ Adam Torkelson 43
The Plea ~ Christine Candland 44
At the Jeweler’s ~ David Romanda 45
Tender ~ Konrad Tademar Wilk 46
“Curves Are So Emotional” ~ Diane DeCillis 47
Faith ~ Greg McBrady 48
The Unseen ~ Ken Hada 49
Would That It Could ~ Elżbieta Czajkowska 50
Barcelona ~ Oriana Ivy 51
The Crumpled Yellow Paper ~ Johnny L. Wooten 52
Lev and Ora’s Patterns ~ Jake Marmer 53
Avithos Beach ~ Nicholas Skaldetvind 54
In the Kaleidoscope of Forgotten Shapes ~ Diane DeCillis 55
Why Wonder? ~ Heather Kenealy 56
The Polish Spirit ~ Oriana Ivy 58
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Path I Can’t Refuse — William Scott Galasso 7
Teton sunset — Cynthia Anderson 7
Fire Season — Milton Bates 8
Asleep on the Couch — Cary Bogart Ziter 9
Morning — Michaela Chairez 9
Dusk, Hudson Valley Palisades — Robert Dorsett 10
Arch — Paul Willis 10
Stargazer Lily — Sharon M. Williams 11
drops of morning dew — Nancy Marie Fernandez 11
Rain Slippers — Thomas Belton 12
Cassandra as Climate Scientist — Jeannine Hall Gailey 13
[Sombra] — Carla Pravisani 14
[Shadow] — Margaret Saine, tr. 14
salt and pepper — Cynthia Anderson 14
The Fortuneteller’s Bad Day — George J. Searles 15
Void — Michael Potter 15
Mockingbird — Jeffrey Kingman 16
Questions for a Lodgepole Pine — Paul Willis 17
An Evening Flock — Matthew J. Spireng 17
Blood Moon — Basil Rouskas 18
The Photo — Margaret Brinton 19
New Moon’s Old Tale — Raphael Block 20
A Stranger — Ruth Holzer 21
Sheltering on the Coast — Rosemary Ybarra 22
The Big Bang — Georgia San Li 23
A Fading Band — Claire Scott 24
Rain Regiment — Dr. Emory D. Jones 25
what’s left of the night… — Gregory Longenecker 25
Morning at Moore’s Lake, Again — Kimberly Nunes 26
Droplet — Michael Kleis 27
[Receta] — Carla Pravisani 28
[Prescription] — Margaret Saine, tr. 28
golden years — Lee Hudspeth 28
Reconciled — Cynthia Anderson 29
Morning — Nancy Marie Fernandez 29
Phoenix Hairpins — Margaret Chula 30
Mona Lisa in Hell — Andrew Miller 31
passing time — Gregory Longenecker 31
Goodnight — Greg Bell 32
Orange County Roots — Sabrina Skye 34
Ode to an Old Nature Pilgrim — C.L. Hoang 35
October winds — Gregory Longenecker 35
Spider — Carla Schwartz 36
When I begin — Patricia J. Machmiller 37
my mind emerging — Margaret Saine 37
She Learns to Become Fire — Jeannine Hall Gailey 38
oak leaves — William Scott Galasso 38
With Determination — A.J. Hoffman 15
Corsage, Eight Grade Dance, 1960 — Matthew J. Spireng 39
The Queen Mary — Deborah P Kolodji & Mariko Kitakubo 40
Waiting for the Light — Beverland, Terry, etc. 41
Cranberry Fields Forever — Jim Tilley 42
The Gargoyle, Time — S.T. Brant 43
You Are Eating Oatmeal — Betsy Martin 44
In the Snow — David Sapp 45
Karaoke — Jackie Chou & Genie Nakano 46
March — Henry Stimpson 47
Flies Circling Light Bulbs — Cary Bogart Ziter 48
Mothlight — Lynn Axelrod 49
The Last Small Town — Robert H. Guard 50
Jazz Hat — Bj Cotton-Jeffords 51
The House on Green Street — Michaela Chairez 52
2022 Annual Contest Winners — 53
Dolores Street — Jeanne Wagner 56
After — Susan Wolbarst 56
Ariadne Auf Naxos — Claire Scott 58
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- Evanescence Greg Stidham 7
- The Color Empty Bella Hanlon 7
- Princess Christine Candland 8
- Her Grace Gloria Keeley 9
- Southwest at Dusk Laura Johanna Braverman 10
- Sun-dipped Skin Bella Hanlon 11
- Bubble Gum Tara Cummins 11
- Candle Watcher Alessio Zanelli 12
- Bloodline Jane-Rebecca Cannarrella 13
- In The Belly of a Canoe Cindy Rinne 14
- Tule Elk Preserve in March Vivian Underhill 15
- Secrets of the Trackless Field Laura Johanna Braverman 16
- Oncoming Traffic Francesca Astiazaran 17
- Dirge for Solo Voice Sharon Lopez Mooney 18
- Hay Rolls Richard Dinges, Jr. 19
- Late Night Visitor Greg Stidham 20
- Life’s Menu Danny Barbare 21
- Lament on a Baked Fish Mike Maggio 22
- Gratitude List #18 Ace Bogges 23
- A Chime Sitting on the Feeder Sharon Lopez Mooney 24
- Rooftop Blues Ann Olive 25
- Wavespell Alessio Zanelli 25
- Waves of Blue Katia Aoun Hage 26
- Long Play Record Dan Fitzgerald 27
- Pink Moon, Red Light Ann Olive 28
- Night at the Beach House Gloria Keeley 29
- Seven Ways of Looking at a Cardinal in Late March Henry Stimpson 30
- Star-crossed Wendy Blackwell 31
- A Story of the Sea Bhibu Padhi 32
- August Heat Richard Dinges, Jr. 33
- Teetotaler Becky Nicole James 34
- I Wonder What Heaven Looks Like For You Angelica Medlin 35
- Night Sky at Groveland Michael McGuire 36
- Endless Spring Gary Metheny 37
- Manzanita Cindy Bousquet Harris 38
- Tears of St. Lawrence KL Straight 39
- Welcome Allison Collins 40
- Isn’t She Lovely Francesca Astiazaran 42
- Belonging to the Sky Russell Rowland 43
- Across a Lost Horizon Jane Stuart 44
- The Glistening Edge of What Remains Ken Holland 45
- Ara’s Silver Ambika Talwar 46
- Secret Pain MariaJane Gitchell 47
- That’s, Interesting: Becoming A Castaway David Bethel 48
- In Loving Memory Wendy Blackwell 49
- Roadside Roads Jeff Graham 50
- An Eagle at Starved Rock Lucia Haase 51
- Idyll Jessie Lim 52
- Meeting Spot Deborah P. Kolodji 53
- Seasons Mary Elliott 54
- Homeland Awaits Conner Frederick 55
- Butterflies in the Killing Fields Sally Vogl 56
- The Calling Ella Czajkowska 57
- Jar of Reasons Cindy Bousquet Harris 58
- Cribbage for Two Sally Vogl 59
- Afterlife Bory Thach 60
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Cover Art: Michael Kostiuk, Dancing with the Poetry Queen,
pencil on paper, 19.50 x 15.69 cm. May 2019
- Acrópolis — Khedija Gadhoum 7
- Acropolis — Tr. Margaret Saine 8
- Runner’s Itch — Johnny L. Wooten 9
- Chocolate Hearts — David John Tyrer 9
- Mixed Blessing — Marty Walsh 10
- Se — Rita Stanzione 11
- If — Tr. Margaret Saine 12
- The Sadness — Graham Buchan 13
- Rebirth — Michael Keshigian 14
- Re:Set Text — d.p. houston 15
- Oranges For Wallace Stevens — Millicent Borges Accardi 16
- Lockdown Sonnet #4 — Santiago Villafania 17
- G. Floyd — Ismael Diadié Haïdara 18
- G. Floyd — Tr. Margaret Saine 19
- On the Brink — William Scott Galasso 21
- Myth of Origin — Toti O’Brien 22
- Leaves Tumble Across Parking Lot — David E. Howerton 23
- Upadek Planety — Anna Maria Mickiewicz 24
- The Downfall of Planets — Tr. Anna Maria Mickiewicz 25
- Weiche ° Anomalie — Axel Görlach 26
- Soft ° Anomaly — Tr. Margaret Saine 27
- Door to Myself — Timothy Fab-Eme 28
- Close Enough — Mike Dillon 29
- With… — J. C. Foritano 30
- Rier Child — Marvin Sarkar Bynoe 31
- Exit — David Pratt 32
- What Muse Wants — Doreen Beyer 33
- Deciding Man — Sean MicKael Wilson 34
- The Last Now — Donall Dempsey 35
- The Land I Long For — Michael Fraley 36
- Five Haiku — Billy Antonio 37
- Mercury in Wood — S. D. Dillon 38
- Why the Warmth — Chris Falcon 39
- Dandelions — Sarah Baker 40
- Once We Were God — Michael Meyerhofer 41
- Algorithms: What Do They Know? — Alun Rees 42
- Pirates — Bory Thach 43
- Elegy for Marie P. — Marie Lecrivain 44
- Shades of Home — Anna Dunlap 45
- On Solitude — Lynn Hoggard 46
- I Zoomed Into... — Lynn Axelrod 47
- Las Palabras Tienen Frío — Eliécer Almaguer 48
- The Words Are Cold — Tr. Margaret Saine 48
- Lonely Sea and Stars — Jane Stuart 49
- Time Immortal — Maja Trochimczyk 50
- Collected Wounds — Savita Singh `` 51
- After I Tell My Father — Joanne Holdridge 52
- [To Her Father] — Terry Olivi ` 53
- [To Her Father] — Tr. Margaret Saine 54
- Hope Is. a Good Thing — Sean MicKael Wilson 55
- Querencia — Alfredo Pérez Alencart 56
- Safe Place — tr. Margaret Saine 57
- Humilitas — Manuel Francisco Reina 58
- Humilitas — Tr. Margaret Saine 59
- Reception — Charles Grosel 7
- The Mime — Jane Stuart 7
- Stationary Hobo — Dana Stamps II 8
- anchoring night sky — Jeffrey L. Taylor 8
- Christmas Tree Aftermath — Richard Schiffman 9
- Round and Round — Lynn White 10
- Early — Holly Day 11
- Letter to Taylor Swift — A. Dearborn Goldsmith 12
- anachronistic — Scott Moss 12
- Mountain March — Bertha Rogers 13
- On the Bridge Across the Stream — Harris Coverley 13
- Tahquitz Peak Lookout 1999 — Terry Wilhelm 14
- Ghost Towns Out West — Stephen Benz 16
- Ruins — Keith Gorman 17
- [alla mia madre morta:] — Terry Olivi 18
- [To My Dead Mother:] — Margaret Saine, tr. 19
- Will tomorrow be another day? — Charlie Brice 20
- Shavasana — Ida Marie Beck 21
- loud waterfall rush — Connie Tettenborn 21
- Thirty White Horses — Angie Nam 22
- Wyvern — Holly Day 23
- the nearness — Gregory Cecil 23
- Mixed Media: Grief — Lynn Domina 24
- Lessons of the Pomegranate — Tammy C. Greenwood 25
- Sea Shanties — Angelika Quirk 26
- Bullfrog Pond — Pamela Stone Singer 27
- King Tide — Ron Renspie 28
- Waterfall Symphony — Dana Stamps II 29
- The Sea Only Gives — Jeff Graham 30
- Crossing the Causeway — Julia Park Tracey 31
- Unsolid State — Connie Tettenborn 31
- Daphne — Brittany Nohra 32
- Anemophilous — Holly Day 33
- Looking Up at the Sky — John McKernan 33
- Unbridled — Tammy C. Greenwood 34
- We All Lie — Annie Schumacher 34
- Purpose — Cathy Porter 35
- Centering — Charlene Langfur 36
- Curriculum Vitae — Margaret Saine 37
- Puzzle — Claire Scott 38
- Loneliness — Edward Curtis 38
- Rectius Vives, Licini, Neque Altum — Andrew Miller 39
- Green Grass — Alice Pero 40
- From Minium Chronicles — Maja Trochimczyk 41
- [Ciò che fugge] — Paolo Staglianò 42
- [What Is Fleeting] — Margaret Saine, tr. 43
- Simple Things — Charlene Langfur 44
- Santa Cruz — Annie Schumacher 45
- Anna Livia — Jonathan Cannon 46
- When Two is Greater than Home — Ida Marie Beck 47
- Still Blue — Loise Moisess 48
- Unfurling Seasons — Hedy Habra 49
- Immigrant — Angie Nam 50
- Varanasi — Laine Derr 50
- My Prayers — Carlo diOrio 51
- Beyond Silence — Jeffrey L. Taylor 51
- Assopirmi ora — Rita Stanzione 52
- getting drowsy now — Margaret Saine, tr. 52
- The Phoenix — Oliver Egger 53
- Generational Waves — Sean McGee Brown 54
- Practical Advice for a Frazzled Passer-by — Maja Trochimczyk 56
- Existence by Origin by Existence — Jeff Graham 57
- Light — Frederick Livingston 58
- Seeker — Beverly M. Collins 59
- Contributors in Alphabetical Order 60
- CSPS Contest Opportunities 61
- CSPS Newsbriefs 2022, No. 1 62
Edited by William Scott Galasso
Cover Art: Cloudless Sky by Vera Campion, Collage of acrylic hand-painted paper, 11" x 8.5", 2020. From Alice Pero and Vera Campion, Beyond Birds and Answers (Elyssar Press, 2021).
- The Percolation Period — Thomas Sanford Weir — 7
- Memory on a Dream of the Future — Dorothy Howe Brooks — 8
- When We Gather — Marilyn Robertson — 9
- in creek shallows — William Scott Galasso — 9
- An Impulse to Believe — Joan E. Bauer — 10
- Left with the Sky — Kevin Thornburgh — 11
- seven-year itch — Gregory Longenecker — 11
- Birth of Venus — Doreen Beyer — 12
- a white heron’s plume — Richard Matta — 13
- Union Claire Watson — 13
- train trestles… — Richard Matta — 13
- So Little Time — Cordelia Hanemann — 14
- Painting Moreno Valley — Joel Ferdon — 15
- midsummer — Gregory Longenecker — 15
- Desert Junk — Richard Nester — 16
- Ironic Ashes — Claire J. Baker — 17
- Breakthrough — Claire J. Baker — 18
- Cartography of a Symphony — Ellyn Maybe —18
- Air — Mark Newman — 19
- The Size of It — Mark Newman — 20
- ‘Round Midnight — Joanne Sharp — 20
- first notes — Renée Owen — 20
- sheltering in place — Renée Owen — 20
- The Snail Digger — Linda Kunhardt — 21
- Transformations — Kath Abela Wilson — 22
- Orca School — Jacqueline Schaalje 23
- Hagabat, you bring — Lawdenmarc Decamora — 24
- Pagoda of Pots — Paul Willis — 24
- garden opening — Kath Abela Wilson — 24
- Body Count — Dorothy Howe Brooks —25
- Intention — Michael Sprake — 26
- Here There Be Dragons — Robbie Nester — 27
- Magic Time — Bibhu Padhi — 28
- Valve Nutrients — Martha Webster — 29
- Leave No Trace — Russell Rowland — 30
- Standoff — Diane Lee Moomey — 31
- indigo tinctorial — Renée Owen — 31
- At a Certain Age It Seems …— Jane Hilary —32
- Leavings — John Zedolik — 33
- Burden — Marc Fisher — 34
- Stitches — Michael Meyerhoffer — 35
- Selcouth — Charles Wilkinson — 36
- lifestyles of loneliness — ayaz daryl nielsen — 36
- I Am Rooted in the Wind — Lonna Blodgett — 37
- Taking Flight — Gary Metheny — 38
- sometimes — Gregory Longenecker — 38
- Men at Work — Tasha Cotter — 39
- the nail he was — William Scott Galasso — 39
- New Dad — Danielle Lemay — 40
- first marriage — Gregory Longenecker — 40
- Night Without Walls — Margaret Saine — 41
- String Theory — Gloria Keeley — 42
- A Late September Night… — Gabriella Miotto — 43
- True Light — Dennis Ross — 44
- The Well — Matthew J. Spireng — 45
- my smile — Renée Owen — 45
- Tatterdamelion — David Prather — 46
- Hollow Bones Haiku for You — Joanell Serra — 47
- Moving the Stars — Kathleen Gunton — 48
- Pilgrimage — Bibhu Padhi — 49
- October Trace —William Scott Galasso — 49
- Geochemistry — Michael Sprake 50
- Snowmelt — Marianne Karplus 51
- Return — Marc Fisher 52
- 35th Annual Contest Winners, Comments — 53
- Three Men in a Boat — Robert Spich — 56
- Snow (a tanka) — Bruce Gallie —57
- Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Three Men in … David Anderson — 57
- Contributors in Alphabetical Order — 58
- CSPS Contest Opportunities — 59
- CSPS Newsbriefs 2021, No. 4 — 60
- Publishing Opportunities with CSPS — 64
- 2021 CSPS Donors, Patrons, and Membership — 65
- CSPS Membership Form — 67
California Quarterly, Vol. 47 No. 3, Autumn 2021
Cover image: Arctic IV, oil on Board 5x5, 2017 by Danielle Eubanks
- Slavonia in my Mother’s Heart Sonia Sabanac 7
- Chicago Sonnet #19 D.A. Hosek 8
- The Game of Tag Jason Visconti 8
- To Name is to Cause to Exist Estelle Bajou 9
- Summer Vacations Jason Visconti 9
- Mary Sidney Herbert Pleads with the Eglantine Growing in Her Brother's Garden Deborah. H. Doolittle 10
- She Breathes Only Trees Jean Varda 10
- Vows Haleigh Yaspan 12
- Customer Service Andy Roberts 12
- Talking to My Younger Self Ann Christine Tabaka 13
- Signs Tamika Dooley 14
- Becoming Tamika Dooley 14
- Yancy Carter, In Memoriam Konrad Tademar Wilk 15
- Dream Horses Alun Rees 16
- Wings Claire Scott 17
- Metamorphosis Angelika Quirk 18
- Why Alessio Zanelli 19
- Message Bertha Rogers 20
- Violets D. F. Walker 21
- Factory Boss Charlie Brice 22
- Digestion Comes Slowly Erika Goveia 23
- Icarus after the Crash Patrinos Konstantinos 24
- Dancing Ellipses Patrinos Konstantinos 25
- Mountains Jeffrey L. Taylor 26
- Variations on an Ode Amy Moore 26
- Amargosa Delta Amy Moore 27
- El Zonte Steve Lang 28
- On a Fine May Morning Steve Lang 29
- King Tide Julia Park Tracey 30
- Perfect Day (A Minute) Emory Jones 30
- 2 a.m. Evacuation Cooper Young 31
- Evacuating with Smoked Chickens Carol Park 32
- Tiny Altars Marie Marchand 33
- Allegro on Broken Piano Taeyeon Han 34
- Reality Jane Stuart 35
- Autumn Night Edward Garvey 36
- Homecoming Mishra Debasish 36
- At a Pullout Along Grizzly Peaks Cooper Young 38
- Super Mario Mishra Debasish 39
- Summertime Dinner Jes Burke 40
- Quantum Birds Ida Marie Beck 41
- To Drown in Asphodel Meadows Matthew Mayes 42
- I Am Not the Center of My Own Universe Mary Ellen Talley 43
- Desiccation Richard Dinges, Jr. 44
- I’m Sorry, Mr. Webster… Judy Barratt 44
- Homer’s Girl Christine Candland 46
- Ghazal for the Quarantined Woman Mary Ellen Talley 48
- First Memory Jerry Smith 49
- You Can’t Tell a Venomous Snake… Cameron Gibson 50
- Fred and Ginger Nowadays Craig Kurtz 51
- Sonnet Pour Edith Piaf Robert Fleming 52
- Sonnet for Edith Piaf Robert Fleming, tr. 52
- First You Must Be Aware What Is Coming Patrick Meeds 53
- A Perfidious Lover Nidhi Agrawal 54
- Shiv Tattva Nidhi Agrawal 54
- Learning to See Lynn Domina 55
- Simchat Torah Maureen Sherbondy 56
- Bargaining with the Stars Maureen Sherbondy 56
- His Head: Three Painting and One Mosaic Lynn Domina 57
- Memory of 2001 Konrad Tademar Wilk 58
- Ellipsis Joel Schueler 58
COVER ART
© Danielle Eubank. Danielle Eubank, Arctic IV , Oil on board, 5x5 inches, 2017. Arctic IV is part of Eubank’s One Artist Five Oceans project. Danielle Eubank has painted all the oceans on the planet to help raise awareness about the state of our oceans and climate change. www.danielleeubankart.com.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
California Quarterly, Volume 47, Number 2
- Mother Wearing Glasses and a Scarf - Millicent Borges Accardi 7
- Frosted - Kelley Jean White 8
- Jar of Flowers - Daniel E. Blackston 9
- Supercalifraglistic - Rachel Squires Bloom 10
- Childhood Predictions of Future Success - Jackie Chou 11
- Lure - Kristel Rietesel-Low 12
- Chandra’s Garden - Gary Metheny 13
- Where the Roly-Polies Go When It Rains - Kristel Rietesel-Low 14
- House of Music - Eric Blanchard 15
- whoosh… - Deborah P Kolodji 15
- The Shipping Forecast - Harris Coverley 16
- Will - Chris Durand 17
- Like the Waves - Purna Sujash 18
- Imposing its Rust on Everything - Millicent B. Accardi 19
- 送友人 - Li Bai 20
- Seeing Off a Friend - Yun Wang, transl. 20
- Hometown - Anna Maria Mickiewicz 21
- Speed of Pain - Jeffrey L. Taylor 22
- inscriptions - Jamie Duncan 23
- mother’s recipe - Susan Rogers 23
- Solitudine - Paolo Staglianò 24
- family album - William Scott Galasso 24
- Solitude - Margaret Saine, transl. 25
- wanted everything - ayaz daryl nielsen 25
- Soliloquy - Gary Davis 26
- Breaker - Harris Coverley 27
- Providence - Diana Donovan 28
- Plein Air, Oxford - Teresa Bullock 29
- somewhere still - Susan Rogers 29
- The Landscape of Love - Nelson Joshua AnandhaRaj 30
- For the Lemon Tree Alone - Madeleine S. Butcher 31
- a scent of roses - Susan Rogers 31
- Tree Songs - Dana Stamps II 32
- The Changeling - Maureen Ellen O’Leary 33
- Mason Bees - Maja Trochimczyk 34
- Figures - Kath Abela Wilson 35
- Low Tide - Marilyn Robertson 36
- Survival Skills - Sarah Platenius 36
- ways - Jamie Duncan 37
- At Temple Preparing to Pray - Meghan Adler 38
- The Time Is Now - Dirk James 39
- Ascension - Mary Elliott 40
- abruptly - Gregory Cecil 40
- Mouth of the River Spitting out the Sea - Eli Coyle 41
- Breakthrough - Beth Pollak 42
- Gypsy Wind - William Scott Galasso 43
- This Dance - Cathy Porter 44
- Sunset - Gary Davis 45
- spring sunset - Gregory Cecil 45
- Moonlight - Livingston Rosmoor 46
- Mother’s Way - Kath Abela Wilson 46
- Nocturne 23 - Jeff Graham 47
- The Runaway Moon - Dirk James 48
- Loveland - Sam Barbee 49
- Aristophanes - Gary Davis 50
- Susan is Dancing on the Moon - Kathi Stafford 51
- Grace Notes - William Scott Galasso 52
- A Song-Distance Away - Nelson Joshua AnandhaRaj 53
- Song Offering, Because Love - Ambika Talwar 54
- Rain - MaryJo West 55
- To a Mother - Susan Rogers 56
- The Light - Dennis Ross 57
- Flight of Longing - Ambika Talwar 58
- summer breeze - Deborah P Kolodji 59
- The Intransigence of Stars - David Starkey 60
- patio chimes - Deborah P Kolodji 60
- Blue Fantasia - Ruth Holzer 7
- Mondegreen - Lavina Blossom 8
- Another Play Day - Richard Matta 9
- Nature’s Cure - Nancy Folley 10
- White Owl - Cindy Bousquet Harris 11
- It is Possible to Maintain Happiness - Charlene Langfur 12
- Golden - Anna Jasinska 13
- Hummingbirds and Eagles - Marcia Arrieta 13
- The Tree Massacre - Anne-Marie Brumm 14
- these seismic tremors - ayaz daryl nielsen 15
- Grave Sight - Carlo DiOrio 16
- To Plant a Tree - Miriam Aroner 17
- Waves and Eddies - Karen Carter 18
- A Modest Poetics - Margaret Saine 19
- Half-Life - Edward Fisher 20
- Responding to the Internet - Ken Letko 21
- Asian Eyes - Wendy Blackwell 22
- Cedar Waxwings - Claire Scott 23
- Ottawa Boy - Craig Cotter 24
- The Completeness - Alice Pero 26
- Meandering - Charlene Langfur 27
- North - Diana Donovan 28
- Mortal Absence - Beverly Burch 29
- Arrivals and Departures - Jean McDonough 30
- Cobbled Stones - Amy Moore 32
- Big Sur Coastline - Joseph Bottone 33
- Okunoin Cemetery - Doreen Beyer 34
- Regrets - Joan Gerstein 35
- Ways to Pray - Marilyn Robertson 36
- Island - Jena Sangram 37
- Autobiography - Amy Nocton 38
- Eulogy for Love - Jean McDonough 39
- Asleep - Jenavieve Dance 40
- Culpable Poet - Daniel Potter 41
- Sheer Optimism - Lavina Blossom 42
- Ovation - Cindy Bousquet Harris 43
- baby finch parents Barbara Huntington 43
- The Monk by the Sea (1809) - Anne-Marie Brumm 44
- Lotus Bearer - David Bethel 45
- Soul of the Beloved - Sharon Lopez Mooney 46
- Bleeding into Light - R.S. Mengert 47
- On a Cold Winter’s Night - Wendy Blackwell 48
- Constellation - Sarah Platenius 49
- I Want to Write an Irish Poem - Meghan Adler 50
- View Down the Street - Cindy Rinne 52
- Muse - Sue Leigh 53
- Waves. Sandstorms - Marcia Arrieta 53
- Or Would It Have Made a Difference, Had I Known? - Hedy Habra 54
- My Inner Critic - Takwa Sharif 55
- The First Snow - Steve Pelcman 56
- we wait for the rain - Barbara Huntington 56
- Year’s End - David Stephenson 57
- trying to get home - Barbara Huntington 57
- Respite River - David Bethel 58
- At Dawn - Bory Thach 59
California Quarterly 46, No. 4,
Winter 2020, edited by Maja Trochimczyk
Cover Art: Constant Return II (1965, 39x39) by Julian Stanczak (1928-2017).
Acrylic on Canvas. Stanczak Foundation, Cleveland.
Editor's Preface and Biographical Note
California Quarterly, Volume 46, Number 2
Sailing - Mark Belair 7
fragile is the rose - Peter S. Hein 7
Carpe, Fool - David Denny 8
Zarathustra Abecedarius - Fred Yannantuono 9
Nuggets from Namibia - Elizabeth Yahn Williams 9
Quarantine - Nicola Waldron 10
Five-Year Old - Roy Mash 10
The Williams Triad - Judith Saunders 11
Arbol a Uno Mirlo en … - Marisa Martínez Pérsico 12
A Tree for a Blackbird in … - Jeanie R.C. Toscano, tr. 13
Look, Stop and Listen - Milton P. Ehrlich 14
Nature’s Retreat - Tomas Gayton 15
Panic Pandemic - Tomas Gayton 15
Free - Esther L. Palmer 16
New Place - Bibhu, Pabhi 17
Obsession’s Motivated Solution - Jerry Sexton 18
Jose Feliciano in Concert - Edwin Romond 19
When the Last Piece of Clothing - Roy Mash 19
Flamingo Dawn - Mary Wilix 20
That Awkward Journey… - Evalyn Lee 21
blowing bubbles... - Deborah P. Kolodji 21
The Pier in Santiago Bay - Joseph D. Milosch 22
Find Me - a.Lynn Brown 23
Sparrow, Reversed - Cathryn Hankla 24
Freud’s Nudes - Ben Nice 24
Not Worth Reading - Luis Gallo 25
The Carpenter Bee - Joel Savishinsky 26
Set at Oman - Elizabeth Yahn Williams 27
Cold as ICE - Anna Nicolas 28
Cowabunga! The Jam Jar is… - Kit Kennedy 29
Hoarder’s Excuse - Dana Stamps II 30
Cross-polination - Brian Kirven 31
Assessment - David C. Rice 32
It’s News to Me - Elizabeth Yahn Williams 33
Cities of this world… - ayaz daryl nielsen 33
Night Life - Brian Kirven 34
Vida Nocturna - Brian Kirven, tr. 35
Roxy’s Gift - Pearl Karrer 36
Like a Rush of Blackbirds - Pearl Karrer 36
Reading the Romantics - Roy Mash 37
we imagined we were men… - Robert Paul Cesaretti 38
Sage Advice - Jeffrey L. Taylor 38
Ice Walking - Jeeni Criscenzo 39
Suicidal Eagles - Kelly Talbot 40
Awake - Jane Ann Flint 41
Kandi - Marganne Glasser 42
partisan politics… - Deborah P Kolodji 42
A Long Way Away - Christopher Kuhl 43
Benumbed - Douglas Nordfors 44
That Day in Hades - Claire Scott 45
Strange Antlers - Richard Jarrette 46
Clair de lune - Doreen Stock 48
Message Threads - Maura Harvey 49
Yeats and Lost Love - Mai-Lon Gittelsohn 50
Sequester - Jane Ann Flint 51
Keeping in Touch - Mo Lynn Stoycoff 52
after our house fire - ayaz daryl nielsen 52
Isolating Guilt - Terrie Ogilvie 53
Measure Twice, Cut Once- Todd Capeland 53
Warmth - Liz Dossa 54
Coyote Song - A.Downing-Yaconelli 55
Renewal - Lea Aschkenas 56
From A Window - Nicola Waldron 57
Summer Garden Ball - Jeeni Criscenzo 57
Extinctions - Joanne Sharp 58
spring rain - ayaz daryl nielsen 58
California Quarterly, Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 2020
de Agua Salada - Mario Zúñiga Núñez 7
from Salt Water - Margaret Saine,Tr. 7
Italy Meets Ivory Coast - Kalyna Temertey-Canta 8
Dejaste un papel amarillo... - Javier Campos 9
You left a yellow paper... - Margaret Saine,Tr. 9
Love in a Field of Miners’ Lettuce - Susan E. Gunter 10
Fata Morgana in a Field of Tarweed - Dave Seter 11
Dusk - Aidan Coleman 12
World of Dreams - Alessio Zanelli 13
View from the Ranch - Alice Pero 14
“golden leaves fluttering birds...” - Rebecca Anne Banks 14
Not Mine to Shape - David Anderson 15
Interlude in the Trader Joe’s... - Joanne Jagoda 16
Hiking After the Dinner Party - Chris Foster 17
Milton’s Fluid - d.p. houston 17
Мигът - Alexander Shurbanov 19
Moment - Alexander Shurbanov, Tr. 19
What’s Inside - Beth S. Pollak 20
I Was Wild Once - Gwynn O’Gara 21
Elevator - Cathy Porter 22
Men at Work - Tasha Cotter 23
Kite - Clarke Andros 24
Recuerdo - Alejandra Castellanos 25
Memory - Margaret Saine, Tr. 25
The Moon Is an Egret - Michael Montgomery 26
Melancholie - Karl Greisinger 27
Melancholy - Margaret Saine, Tr. 27
Committees - David Pratt 28
Home Front: A Remembrance - Jean Esteve 29
Politicians - Pande Manoylov 30
Del Origen - Otoniel Guevara 31
About the Origin - Margaret Saine, Tr. 31
No Cure - Claire Scott 32
The Road of Love - Timothy Fab-Eme 33
Armonia - Rita Stanzione 34
Harmony - Margaret Saine, Tr. 34
Stars Behind Your Eyes - Susan Richardson 35
Impara la tua arte... Claudia Russo 36
Learn your art... Margaret Saine, Tr. 37
Alertos emergen los verdes - Jeanie R. C. Toscano 38
Alert the greens emerge - Margaret Saine, Tr. 39
Epithalamion - John Blair 40
definitorio - Elizabeth Soto 41
in lieu of a definition - Margaret Saine, Tr. 41
Snowmelt - Marianne Karplus 42
A Second Look - John Schneider 42
Do the Garden Snails Know? - Lane Larson 43
de la utilidad de la poesía II - Eliécer Almaguer 44
on the usefulness of poetry II - Margaret Saine, Tr. 45
Sculpture - Lisa Shirley 46
Vision - Matthew J. Spireng 47
The Dame Who Marks Time - Marie Lecrivain 48
My Hollow Window - Marilynn Talal 49
Paying the Ferryman - Ruth Holzer 50
Door - Benjamin Nash 51
Mom & the Bridge - Kristin Lawrence 52
Wish - Patricia Nelson 53
When... Donald Fisher 54
Last Pomegranate - Maja Trochimczyk 55
Hai bevuto una spremuta - Terry Olivi 56
You drank a freshly squeezed - Margaret Saine, Tr. 57
Agonies of Sand - Savita Singh 58
Hiking Mogollon Rim - Jedediah Smith - 8
Reply to Adrienne - Allegra Jostad Silberstein - 9
Giving Way - Anne-Marie Cadwallader - 10
Penumbra - James Deahl - 11
Kaleidoscope - Valerie M. Griggs - 12
Windows - Marilyn Robertson - 12
Brittle as Silica - Yixuan Shi - 13
Desert Dance at Joshus Tree - Dana Robbins - 14
Crossings - Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong - 15
The Lucky Ones - Lucille Lang Day - 16
Ranas - Carla Pravisani - 17
Frogs - Margaret Saine (Tr.) - 17
The Backpack for the Pilgrimage - Martina Nicholson - 18
Crossing Over - Mike Dillon - 19
Canary. Coalmine. - Susan Schaefer Bernardo - 20
Coming of Age - Charles Joseph Albert - 22
Be Still - Jacqueline Henry - 23
Spin Cycle - Susan Schaefer Bernardo - 24
Dance from Another Continent - Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong - 26
Let It Be - Allegra Jostad Silberstein - 26
On Losing a Friend to Camouflage - Stephanie Pressman - 27
Love in Autumn - Laurie Lessen Reiche - 28
Innisfree - Marilyn Robertson - 29
Evanesce - Richard Brostoff - 30
The New Life - Steven Gizitsky - 32
Heat Wave - Johanna Ely - 33
Downward from the Flames -Lucille Lang Day- 34
Where Is Love - Barbara Tramonte - 35
Judith and Holofernes - Stephanie Pressman - 36
Design - Valerie M. Griggs - 38
Intimate Conversation - Gary Metheny - 39
Paint Job - Kevin J. McDaniel - 40
Cerebral Roulette - Charles Joseph Albert - 41
Her Voice Is a Wing - Steven Gizitsky - 42
Otoño en el pensamiento - Carla Pravisani - 43
Autumn in my Thoughts- Margaret Saine (Tr.) - 43
Drake’s Estero - Jeffrey L. Taylor - 44
View from Tam - Jeffrey L. Taylor - 44
A Lamp on a Polished Table - Katharyn Howd Machan - 45
Self Portrait 1907:… - Jeanne Wagner - 46
White Camellias in November - Jerome Gagnon - 47
Wonder - William Synder, Jr. - 48
Equinox - James Deahl - 49
On Crossing an Alpine Snowfield - Scott Honeycutt - 50
When My Neighbor Says the Fence - Jeanne Wagner - 51
Walking among Redwoods - Jerome Gagnon - 52
Our Silence Is in Listening - Johanna Ely - 53
Snowdrop - DJ Tyrer - 53
The 33rd Annual Poetry Contest - 54
Brief Judge’s Bio (Lisa Rosenberg) - 54
Judge’s Comments - 55
Stone, She - R. J. Keeler - 56
Skull of Moon, Fist of Stars - Claire Scott - 57
For the Young Man Unimpressed - Kathleen McClung - 58
Lament Flight - Russell Salamon 9
Nocturne 8 - Russell Salamon 10
Nocturne 16 - Russell Salamon 11
Serenity at Dawn - Jianquing Zheng 12
folding laundry - Willitts Jr. Martin 12
Context and the Seasons - Sandra Kolankiewicz 13
Near Delphi - Jane Stuart 13
Roman Holiday - Leslie Hendrickson-Baral 14
On the Capitoline - Ruth Holzer 14
Kuramathi Dawn - Alessio Zanelli 15
Lake Willoughby - David Rosenheim 16
Wash Wonderland - Pamela Shea 17
Seeing - Jianquing Zheng 18
Cambria - William Scott Galasso 19
Patience after Basho - Carla Schick 20
The Breath - Maggie Hawthorne 21
The Mystery of Time - Anna Maria Mickiewicz 21
Casals Plays the Cello Suites - Deborah Bachels Schmidt 22
Sapote - Kath Abela Wilson 23
Summer Apple - Georgia Jones-Davis 24
Canning Apricots - Deborah Bachels Schmidt 25
Three Deliveries and a Room... Mariano Zaro 26
Mama - Susan Keyes Morrison 28
Today - I Put Up Dill Pickles Lynne Potts 29
Eri un maestro potatore - Terry Olivi 30
Il primo fiore di limone - Terry Olivi 30
You were a master at pruning - Margaret Saine, tr. 31
The first lemon blossom - Margaret Saine, tr. 31
At the Funeral - C. Dodds Musser 32
Anatomy of a Blanket - Elsa Samkow-Frausto 33
Ardoch Homestead - Susan Keyes Morrison 34
I know the figs are ripe - Kath Abela Wilson 34
La fin du monde - Mick Kennedy 35
Mom’s Word - L. Hendrickson-Baral 36
The German Chancellor... Sharon Chmielarz 37
Sserenity in Bend - Mary Jo West 38
Moving through the Lawn - Joel Fry 38
We Exist - Margaret Saine 39
It is Enough for Now - Andrena Zawinski 40
Cosi esisti - Paolo Staglianò 41
This is how you exist - Margaret Saine, tr. 41
One - Jane Rosenberg LaForge 42
End of the Line - Mark Belair 43
Fox in the Woods - Brendan O’Tuathalain 44
Eyes of Love - Emory D. Jones 44
Tree Rings - Richard Dinges, Jr. 45
The Cathedral at Chartres - C. Dodds Musser 46
Patchwork Dream Pantoum ... Andrena Zawinski 47
(Abecederian) Bird Feeder - Guinotte Wise 48
Bobcat and Two Cubs - Annette Friend 49
Partons à la découverte des îles - Éliphen Jean 50
Let’s Go & Discover the Islands - Margaret Saine, tr. 51
Coyote - Ed Rosenthal 52
Mountains - Clint Bowman 53
in this windfallen - Kath Abela Wilson 53
Carving the Mystic Wood - Brian K. Turner 54
Unbroken Circle - P.V. Beck 55
A House of Air - Susan Rogers 56
Greening - P.C. Moorehead 57
After Climbing - Jianquing Zheng 58
a guttural cry of geese - Willitts Jr. Martin 59
The Day after Thanksgiving - Jessica Day 60
Cover Art: Lettuce by Christine Walker
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unlikely and Least - Raphael Block 7
Moon Music - Mark J. Mitchell 8
Out Park Presidio - John Briscoe 9
Crepuscular - Reza Ghahremanzadeh 10
I’m Only Thinking... - David James 11
Instinctual - Amy Trussell 12
After Sorrows - Jackie Huss Hallerberg 13
All the Weight - Holly Day 14
Venice - Ken Autrey 15
Aftershock - Michael Cadnum 16
Unsure of What the Sea’s... - Fred Yannantuono 17
My Husband Is a Gypsy - Marcia B. Loughran 18
Vine in Leaf - Doreen Stock 19
Bear Lake, Idaho - Ana Manwaring 20
American Kestrel - Joyce Snyder 21
Afterwards - John Terenzi 22
Karmic Strings - John Forrest Harrell 23
Faded - Raleigh Scott Wood 23
We Were Speaking of Picasso - Doreen Stock 24
By the River - Milly Brown 25
Grand Canyon Treasure - John Forrest Harrell 26
Travel Time - C. Fausto Cabrera 27
Stealing Fire - Raphael Block 28
News - Andrew Vogel 29
Prayer Rug - Fahredin Shehu 29
Le Onde - Paolo Staglianò 30
The Waves - Margaret Saine (tr.) 31
Interlude - John Forrest Harrell 32
The Parade - Gregory Natt 33
Without Device - Margaret Rooney 34
The Dilemma of the Quercus - Ana Manwaring 35
Faith - Jackie Huss Hallerberg 36
Invisible Silence - Linda Ibbotson 37
Something Cold Hit the Window - Pamela Stone Singer 38
The Art of Transforming... - Charlene Langfur 39
Image of our Winterreise - Fahredin Shehu 40
Veteran’s Day, 2018 - Thomas A. West, Jr. 41
Scent - Laura Blatt 42
Votive - Andrew Vogel 43
Out of the Loop - Kate McNairy 44
Amelia Earhart - Reza Ghahremanzadeh 45
Folk Song - Mark J. Mitchell 45
How to Live - Marilyn Robertson 46
Television - Kate McNairy 47
The Player King and His Troupe...- Robert Cooperman 48
Free Will - d.p. houston 49
Beachcomber - Bray McDonald 50
Feeding Time in the Valley - Arlene Downing-Yaconelli 51
Cellist - Margaret Rooney 52
Sky Burial - Pamela Stone Singer 53
History - Gregory Natt 54
Momentary Sighting - Marcia B. Loughran 55
The Rain in Santa Clarita - Michael P. Montgomery 56
Common Prayer, Sutro Heights - John Briscoe 57
Ramble in a Coastal Wood - Deborah Taylor-French 58
Go to the Blue Oak - Dave Seter 7
Prism at Sunrise - Marganne Glasser 8
My Clarity - Lea Aschkenas 9
Scenes by the Pepper Tree - Carla McGill 10
Here Now - Claudia Chapline 12
Untitled Haiku - Elizabeth Yahn Williams 12
a pantoum yet to be titled - David Anderson 13
Who Will Inherit Our Earth? - James Deahl 14
Phoenix - Steve Denehan 15
The Formula for Success - Matthew J. Spireng 15
અક્ષર - Piyush Thakkar 16
Letter - Dileep Jhaveri (Tr.) 17
Old Westerns and a Fistful...- Neal Zirn 18
Autumn Sunlight - 3 Tanka - Jane Stuart 19
Sixty - Doris Padilla 20
Day Dream - Michael J. Shepley 20
A Man at Sixty - Warren Slesinger 21
Great Uncle Tierney - Joseph Milosch 22
What Will You Do - Sharon Fain 23
Recordando Sus Pasos - Brian Kirven 24
Remembering His Steps - Brian Kirven (Tr.) 25
Assisted Living - Joanne Sharp 26
A Walk in the Woods - Diane Funston 27
Brevity - Brenda Yates 28
Untitled Haiku - Elizabeth Yahn Williams 29
Dawn - Liz Dossa 30
A Sense of Direction - Mai-Lon Gittelsohn 31
A Lifetime in a Cup of Tea - Jim Moreno 32
On a Painting by Chagall - David Denny 33
Game of Plastic - L. B. Miller 34
Fall Sweep - Gwen Monohan 35
Seagulls - Dion O’Reilly 36
Out of the Blind - Stephen Ajay 37
Investment Advice - AE Hines 38
My Head Under Construction - Amanda Lewis 39
An Old Story - Al Zolynas 40
Sometimes I Can’t Watch... - Marty Walsh 41
The Bears - Kristin Ruth Lawrence 42
Collecting Cuyas - Tomás Gayton 43
Mt. San Jacinto, Sunrise - Peter Hein 44
The Cruel One - Dennis B. Ledden 44
Bats at Twilight Penny Perry 45
don’t know what you’ve got... - Joanne Sharp 46
Widow Ellen - Tovatt Leary 47
It’s Her Way - Gary Metheny 48
* - Simon Perchik 49
Customer Service Has Its Limits - George J. Searles 50
Hoarding Time - Claire Scott 51
The Dance - Sandy Carpenter 52
Winding Down - John Forrest Harrell 52
Untitled Haiku - Elizabeth Yahn Williams 53
Farewell to Bristol - Michael J. Shepley 53
Hollywood Glamour V... - David E. Spiering 54
Nasturtium - Patricia Nelson 55
Assumptions - Cathy Porter 56
Without Rain - 4 - Daniel Thomas 57
Solstice - John P. Kristofco 58
Cover Art: Yucca by Abby Diamond
TABLE OF CONTENTS
California Quarterly, Volume 44, Number 1
Fragments - Jerry Sexton 7
The Night Sky - Thomas Mitchell 8
October Yellow Jackets - Mary Lou Wickham 9
Yellow School Bus (Haiku) - William Scott Galasso 9
Autumn Song - Thomas Mitchell 10
Meditation - Pamela Shea 10
Coming Home - Momoyo Capanna 11
The Holy - Claire Millikin 12
Pause at the Long Valley Caldera - Selma Calnan 13
Autumn of My Life (Tanka) - Kath Abela Wilson 13
Devore Fire - Dana Stamps, II 14
Light Shimmers (Haiku) - Maja Trochimczyk 14
Evacuation - Shirley Geok-lin Lim 15
Unknown Happens - David E. Howerton 15
Waiting for Santa Claus - Shirley Geok-lin Lim 16
Japanese Maple (Haiku) - Susan Rogers 17
Parti juste comme ça - Michael D. Amitin 18
Gone Like That - Lionel Roudet (Tr.) 19
Elohim - d.p. houston 20
Waiting - Marlene Hitt 20
National Botanical Gardens - Alun Rees 21
Late October - Thomas Mitchell 22
Signs of Winter (Tanka) - Kath Abela Wilson 22
Good Evening - AE Hines 23
Visión del Vals de La Nieve - Rodolfo Hausler 24
First Snow - Kath Abela Wilson 24
A Vision of the Snow Waltz - Margaret Saine (Tr.) 25
Winter Triangle (Haiku) - Deborah P Kolodji 25
Christmas Cards - Ken Autrey 26
Quatre Saisons - Jane Stuart 27
In the Village of Trélex - Lois P. Jones 28
Song of the Pear - Lia Brooks 29
Water from Air - Jane North 30
Only My (Haiku) - Deborah P Kolodji 30
Meeting Max on His Zero Birthday - Patricia Hukill 31
Shining Shoes - Ken Autrey 32
Wren Song (Haiku) - Deborah P Kolodji 32
Twone - Alessio Zanelli 33
Remembering When … New - David E. Howerton 33
The Wish of Hedera - Kath Abela Wilson 34
Race to Spring - Alice Pero 35
When That Radiance Breaks - Stephen Colley 36
Lucid - d.p. houston 37
Cerulean Blue - AE Hines 38
The Veil - Mimi Whittaker 39
Cutouts - Ken Autrey 40
Catching Wood - John Schneider 41
Playing with Shadows - Margaret Saine 42
Puny Human - Joshua Savage 43
Response to Mother Earth - Joshua Savage 44
To Ear by Wing - Kath Abela Wilson 45
Grass - Susan Rogers 46
Off the Dock - John Schneider 47
Can’t Sit Still (Haiku) - William Scott Galasso 47
Waves Crashing - David E. Howerton 48
The Sea - Alessio Zanelli 48
Sandpipers - Jean Esteve 49
Salt Wind (Haiku) - Deborah P Kolodji 49
Twin Jellyfish (Haiku) - Maja Trochimczyk 49
Awakening Marlene Hitt - 50
An Orchestra of Dreams - Jane Stuart 50
Trampoline Cleaning - Pamela Shea 51
Peaceful Journey - Marlene Hitt 51
Where I Live - Dana Stamps, II 52
Erin’s Song - Susan Rogers 53
Visión de Orion - Rodolfo Hausler 54
Suza - Susan Rogers 54
Vision of Orion - Margaret Saine (Tr.) 55
I Will Be Burned (Tanka) - William Scott Galasso 55
To Come - Madeleine S. Butcher 56
Creation - Jane Stuart 56
Revel … - Alice Pero 57
White on Blue - Stephen Colley 58
Arbor Cosmica - Maja Trochimczyk 59
TABLE OF CONTENTS
California Quarterly, Volume 44, Number 2
Delicious - Alan Harawitz 7
Fact Checking Poetry... - D. A. Hosek 7
Against Resolutions - Jeanine Stevens 8
Bloom - Marilyn Robertson 9
Books - Johanna Ely 10
Caravans - David Luisi 11
A Cave to Come Under #9 - Neil Cain 11
The Girl in the Garden - Gary Metheny 12
András Schiff Plays Bach’s... - Lucille Lang Day 13
Semaphores - Bonnie Kwong 14
Still Life at Sea - Joseph Zaccardi 16
Coming of Age - Bonnie McManis 17
Warnings from Rattlesnake Ridge - Lisa Norris 18
Scout - Susan Terris 19
Poema olvidado - Maura Harvey 20
Forgotten Poem - Maura Harvey (Tr.) 21
Enter the Emperor - Dan Richman 22
Ancient World - Mary Jo West 23
Stones - Marvin Glasser 24
Silence - Mike Dillon 24
Milk and Moonlight - Betsy Mars 25
I Dreamed of Skyscrapers - Paula Yup 25
Artist - Howard Winn 26
Single-Spaced Life - Claire Scott 27
Looking into Things - Marvin Glasser 28
Disappearing Act - Howard Winn 29
Prologue to The Taming... - Craig Kurtz 30
Hamlet Alive - Ira Rosenstein 31
Trucker Dream - Judith Ann Levison 32
Toast - Susan Terris 33
The Glove Factory - Claire Ortaldo 34
Indigo Warp, White Weft - Kevin Casey 36
Wander Land - James Ph. Kotsybar 36
There is a small room... - Kenneth Salzmann 37
Grief is Messy - Cathy Porter 38
Combs and Brushes - Matthew J. Spireng 39
American Original - Alan Harawitz 40
Backbeat - Dan Richman 41
The I Afloat - Marvin Glasser 42
Two Birds on a Wire - Johanna Ely 43
Taking Off Our Clothes - Claire Ortalda 44
Promises - Alice Gresto 46
Farewell - Judith Ann Levison 47
Burning Poems - Deborah H. Doolittle 48
Incarnation - Betsy Mars 49
Sun - Santiago B. Villafania 50
Oppression - Marilyn Robertson 51
Oración de plenilunio - Maura Harvey 52
Full Moon Prayer - Maura Harvey 53
Temples - Bonnie McManis 54
At twilight - Johanna Ely 55
undula- Bonnie Kwong 56
Roses - Lucille Lang Day 58
At the End of the Day - David James 59
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Story So Far- Marilyn Robertson 7
கௌதம சித்தார்த்தன் - Gouthama Siddarthan 8
Summer Notes - Gouthama Siddarthan (Tr) 9
Blue Moon Warning - Alice Pero 10
God Speaks Only French - Claire Scott 11
Diktát Č. 34: Pozvánka - Mircea Dan Duta 12
Dictation No. 34: - Translation Judit Antal (Tr) 13
Aquatic Galaxy - Kalyna Temertey-Canta 14
Transmigrant - Terrence Sykes 14
Several Short Poems - Rebecca Anne Banks 15
Cambios de Piel- Ulalume González de León 16
Skin Changes - Terry Ehret (Tr) 16 John Johnson (Tr) 16 Nancy Morales (Tr) 16
Bird Watching - Robert Rothman 17
Elizabeth Bishop’s Moose - Howard Winn 18
* - Simon Perchik 19
Tree Frog - David Sapp 20
Equinox - Nancy Botkin 21
L’uomo è grande when - Ilaria Caffio and Flaminia Cruciani 22
Man is great when - Margaret Saine (Tr) 22
Nuremberg Trials - Rod Farmer 23
Wanting To Burn - Shirley Powers 24
No Poem - Pat Hukill 24
Imaginary Surgeries - Thomas Mampalam 25
Papá, No! - Anna Nicholas 26
Polar Seasons - William Hagen 27
Përtej Kohës... - Nikollë Loka 28
Beyond Time... - Margaret Saine (Tr) 29
Reminiscencias - Mercedes Roffé 30
Reminiscences - Margaret Saine (Tr) 31
Half Moon Night - Charlene Langfur 32
Dust - Marilynn Talal 33
acrópolis - Khedija Gadhoum 34
acropolis - Margaret Saine (Tr) 35
The Seed - Michelle Bond 36
Rain - Patricia Hukill 36
El Disfraz de Las Palabras - Jeanie Toscano 37
Words in Disguise - Margaret Saine (Tr) 37
Paraunia - Santiago Villafania 38
Desert Song - Dana Stamps, II 39
Vacío - Eliécer A. Almaguer 40
Void - Margaret Saine (Tr) 41
Bisogno di Mani - Roberto Maggiani 42
A Need of Hands - Margaret Saine (Tr) 42
Não grito, só sussurro... - Mauricia Gomes 43
I don’t scream, I only hum... - Margaret Saine (Tr) 43
Missing Neighbor - Alessio Zanelli 44
Grit - Patricia Hukill 44
Red Sky at Morning - William Scott Galasso 45
Raining Legs - Kalyna Temertey-Canta 46
An Ode to Piss - Akiva Israel 47
Untitled - Jeff Graham 47
Untitled - Jeff Graham 47
Kiş Korkusu - Şafak Çelík 48
Winter Fear - Mehmet Asmali (Tr) Ufuk Çelík (Tr) 49
A Variety of Need - Robert J. Howe 50
An Uncool Hat - d. p. houston 51
Oh, the Art of Looking - Maja Trochimczyk 52
The 32nd Annual Poetry Contest - 53
Judge’s Comments - MaryLee McNeal 54
Moonlight - Peter Parker 55
Two Boardwalks - Kathleen McClung 56
Stitching Shadows - Claire Scott 58
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