INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Shutta Crum
Joseph McNair
Laszlo Slomovits
Joanie Freeman
Chris Lord
Elisavietta Ritchie
Gerald Clark
Karyn M. Wolven
Duane Locke
Mervyn M. Solomon
Paul B. Roth
Sue Budin
Running Cub
Silvia Scheibli
Geoffrey Philp
Marilyn Churchill
Jerry Blanton
Steve Beaulieu
Don
Hewlett
Fred Wolven
Touch lightly the first fragile strand
find another
this one trails into darkness
the next
into light
another into mist
follow the stand and it transforms
becomes more complex
a chamber
a cell
a thing unto itself
this cell is part of another
and another
touch and reach
begin
to see a pattern
each cell tighter
more complete than the last
persist
intrigued by knowing
The web vibrates
waves of recollection
stir
well snared by your seeking
her presence
will find you
you can go no further
coupled to cells and strands that are too small
realization is fragile
and comes apart with the wind
UNTITLED
You arrived like the first peach of summer
Sweet and delicate
A treasure
Too soon gone
FLOW
unmapped
a distant river
rumored
dark and swift
flowing through caves
cracked boulders and eddys
I'll build a boat
fashioning limbs
trunk of white pine
weave rope
juniper fiber
a sail of skins
drag it over rocks and roots
legends, dreams and petrographs provide insight
a course will be laid on birch paper
stars and moss will point the way
ciphers
hidden turns and landmarks
must be carved into the hull
come morning
in a calm pool
I'll launch the boat and load the gear
head into the white current
round the first bend
steer away from shore
into the mist
the journey is on
Gerald Clark, Ann Arbor