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        Poets Salon: Independent Journalism

        • Kathabela Wilson
          • August 2, 2023
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      Colorado Blvd. (Photo – Kathabela Wilson)

      POETS SALON

      – 08/02/23

      Hosted by Kathabela Wilson

      he floats
      his own boat
      on Colorado Blvd

      independent journalism

      —

      in the family tradition
      his father
      my father
      our Poets Salon”

      ~ Kathabela

      Ο Ο Ο

      A drawing of candles and the words: Colorado Boulevard

      Sketch by Kathabela

      Briony James

      ten years of growth
      the tree rings are hidden
      |but time
      marked in jacaranda blossoms
      along a boulevard of colors
      tree to paper
      paper to mind
      a decade of information dances

      Ο

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      Briony James is a poet growing roses, herbs and verses in foggy Altadena.

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