Two Poems

Two Poems

POETRY BY Geffrey Davis Photo by Rick Hafele Self-Portrait with Stingers Sometimes I question the blessing of each window opened to pain’s awkward but certain approach, of rewriting my name in tenderness without converting this body to smoke.    The first hit: I...
Spring Aires

Spring Aires

POETRY Spring Aires by Kimberly Blaeser Photo by Rick Hafele Spring Aires A fen where the earth blooms red.As mists part, I pause—awake now. Two sandhills, three-toed strut strut,slit of beaks tilted, point skyward— to sing in a wet forgotten languageone made of...
Comfort Zone

Comfort Zone

POETRY Comfort Zone by David Hargreaves Photo by David Hargreaves Comfort Zone North Spit, Coos Bay, Oregon Four-wheelin’ tire-track donuts scara pristine Oregon winter beach,smoothed by the tide’s retreat—obscene, you might think,but not to the habitat threatened...