POETS SALON
– 01/06/21
Hosted by Kath Abela Wilson
It’s been a long time since we bought ourselves a present. Especially one we’ve wanted a long time. Usually something like that has a lot of emotional history.
waiting for
Hokusai’s Great Wave…
our framed print~ Kath Abela
Corn Moon, 18×14″, Fiber Art by Cindy Rinne
Cindy Rinne
Enchanted Waters
new year rituals—
wash my face in healing spring
holy red candle lit in cornerdrip wax
into bowl of water
fortunetellingΟ
mother’s pink
silk shawl
embroidered flower gardenhugs my shoulders
from muddy memories
lotus blossomsΟ
jelly orbs glow
glitter the beachdrift
with the tides
underwater rainbowswhat I fear does not sting
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Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon (Photo – Bill Skiles)
Erika Wilk
i listen to the
stroke of midnightwhen old
and new year
exchangea wistful glance
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we escape a dreary winter
rush towards a new beginning
as hope appears on the horizon
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El Dorado Sunset (Photo – Bill Skiles)
Dorothy Skiles
Resolution 2021
Year 2020 is over
what a reason to cheer!
Hope once again
reigns over fear.
I open my shutters,
shout from the roof
inhaling deeply
winter’s cool air!Ο
Leaving worries,
divisiveness,
anger and strife
far, far behind.
Resolving to make
a kinder world,
a better year,
one day at a time!
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“Moonlight Garden” (Detail), 20×20″, Fiber Art by Cindy Rinne
Fortune Telling 2021: Quotes and Credits
Cindy Rinne creates fiber art and writes in San Bernardino, CA. Cindy is the author of several books: silence between drumbeats (Four Feathers Press), Letters Under Rock with Bory Thach, (Elyssar Press), and others. Her poetry appeared or forthcoming: Anti-Heroin Chic, Verse-Virtual, LitGleam, and others, plus several anthologies. See Cindy’s interview on ColoradoBoulevard.net‘s Mapping the Artist.
Erika Wilk paints and writes in Pasadena, CA. Her household is put on hold when inspiration strikes, and she can sit outdoors and watch clouds shape into beings. She loves the tranquil hours, whenever they arrive. She has participated in performances and anthologies by Poets on Site for over ten years, and is working on a collection of her own poems. See her interview on ColoradoBoulevard.net‘s Mapping the Artist.
Dorothy Skiles says that poetry is in her DNA. In 1970, Dorothy graduated from San Fernando Valley State College earning a B.A. in English. That same year she started her career with the County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Social Services, and retired after 34 years of public service. She was one of the founders of Sunland Tujunga’s Village Poets and served as Poet-Laureate there 2012 -2014. Her poems have appeared each year in the Altadena Poetry Review since 2016. She was a Pushcart nominee in 2017. She has written several chapbooks and published in other journals and anthologies. See her interview on ColoradoBoulevard.net‘s Mapping the Artist.
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Dorothy Skiles
… a special shout out to your husband Bill Skiles for the wonderful and inspiring photos. Both exceptional in my heart … thank you Bill for sharing your gift of photography.
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Dorothy … a wonderful positive take on the new year in both poems. Good reminders that a fresh start is on the horizon.
Erica Wilk
Thank you for sharing your poems …
I had a big sigh appear after each.
“Wistful glance” … suits me to a “T”
Cindy Rinne … 3 wonderful poems .. each special and endearing
Your fiber art … eye catching delight
Thank you 🙂 <3