Richard Brautigan Love Poem

Richard Brautigan. Love Poem.

San Francisco: Communications Co., 1967.

Marvin Tatum Collection of Contemporary Literature

Aurora Borealis

Aurora borealis shs_n3_087174, a photo by Stefnisson on Flickr.

In the cold north sky

Colored light from outer space

Framed firs red and green

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David Rheins

Triton X

Sculpture, Langley Village, Whitbey Island, WA

Once you braved the depths

now rust and paint seal you shut

Still as a statue

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David Rheins

Triton Diving Sub detail

Beat San Francisco

Indianapolis singer/songwriter Tim Brickley is on sabbatical in San Francisco, courtesy of a recently won arts grant. The Hoosier bard, a frequent Free Pamphlet Publishing contributor, sent these images from his exploration of the Bay City’s Beat Museum.

On The Road (in the iPhone Future)

Videophone chats
with my brother,
earlier Minnesota stormclouds
on my radar,
now listening to Brian Eno
“Ambient 1 / Music For Airports”
for the very first time,
crossing these actually-purple prairies
for the very first time,
both of my road-lovin’ Jacks
smiling down at me
from the shining silvery
Dakota dusk tonight.

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Tim Brickley

Watch For Rattlesnakes

Watch For Rattlesnakes, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Clear as day the signs

warn us to walk with light steps

the scab lands have fangs

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David Rheins

Pig Out

Pig Truck Seattle Maximus-Minimus, iPhone photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Converted “Pig” food truck the Maximus Minimus patiently parked in a no parking zone, awaiting the hungry lunch crowds, downtown Seattle, WA.

Porking Zone:

Hog wild lunch truck

snout out and stuffed full of eats

Seattle pig out!

Reactor Actor

no prob says nuke guy

atoms are small — Japan far

don’t sweat the fallout

Nuclear Skyline, Michigan City Indiana

Nuclear Skyline, Michigan City

Originally uploaded by DRheins

we leave the lake land

welcomed by pillar of gloom

gateway Hoosier state

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David Rheins

Truck o’ Cluck

Truck o’ Cluck

Originally uploaded by DRheins

the long last trip home

semi full of live chickens

caged tight and quiet

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David Rheins