Photos of Leaves and Trees by Rob Kashey.
Month: March 2018
A Truth You May Have Forgotten
There is a moment before the sound the Great Om,
Before Siva turned on one foot
Before Krishna was blue and Tara green,
Before the making of Lucifer, the heavenly war
The gravity of heaven and the drifting fire of hell
Before the holy breath blew into Man
Before Adam’s dream of Eve
Before Cain lost his mind and the daughters of Cain
And the flood, before an angel spoke to Hagar
And Moses saw a home of honey, fire and blood
Before David hurled a stone
Before Isaiah spoke a word
Before Buddha under the Bodhi-tree
The slaughter of the innocent
The cry of the desert in a voice crying in the desert
Before the sorrow of Mary
Before a nail cut the hand of the Anointed
Before the wonder of Magdalene at the tomb
Before tongues of fire
Before the first stone struck Stephen
Before stigmata in Assisi
Before Allah save infant girls
In a message of mercy from Mohammed
Before Gandhi felt the heat of a gun
And the death of Martin gave an undying dream
There is a moment
Without motion
Before the memory of time
Offered like sunlight filtered through trees falls at your feet
It is like sound
Or light surrounding the body
A lilting melody of light
Before evil or good were ideas, that when you hear
Clears the past of pain
Reconciles history to love
And the One you felt did not exist
Is with you saying
“I have always loved you and always will.”
It is the still point at the center,
That moment you truly are, that moment is now
Feature Readings by Known & New Poets
Open Mic Sign Up @ the reading: Host, David Post.
2020
Sat Jan 11, 2020—Filled—Lyn Coffin—Griffith Williams—
Sat Feb 08, 2020—Filled—Rajaa Gharbi—Bruce Taylor
Sat Mar 14, 2020—Filled—Oliver Amatist—Robinson Bolkum
Sat Apr 11, 2020—Filled—Rayn Roberts—Kevin O’Conner
Sat May 09, 2020— Filled—Michael Dylan Welch— Jayne Marek
Sat Jun 13, 2020—Filled—Michael Magee-Bill Mclaughlin
Sat Jul 11, 2020—Filled—Oliver Amatist—Bethany Reid
Sat Aug 08, 2020—Filled—Sally Hedges-Blanquez—Cathy Ross
Sat Sep 12, 2020—Filled—David Horowitz—J. Glenn Evans
Sat Oct 10, 2020—Filled—Cat Kigerl—Gerry McFarland—
Sat Nov 14, 2020—Filled—Francine Walls—Sharon Cumberland
Sat Dec 12, 2020—Filled—Robinson Balcom—Susan Landgraf
2021
Sat Jan 09, 2021—2 Left—
Sat Feb 13, 2021—2 Left—
Sat Mar 13, 2021—2 Left—
Sat Apr 10, 2021— Filled—PONGO–
Past Readings
2019
Sat Jan 12, 2019—Chris Buckley—Lola Peters
Sat Feb 09, 2019—Library Closed: Snow Storm
Sat Mar 09, 2019—Tara Hardy—Mike Hickey– Kendra Steel
Sat Apr 13, 2019—Cathy Ross—Chad Sokolovsky
Sat May 11, 2019—Melanie Reed— Benjamin Schmitt
Sat Jun 08, 2019—David Post—Terry Busch
Sat Jul 13, 2019—- ALL OPEN MIC!!
Sat Sep 14, 2019—Lyn Coffin & Tom Brush
Sat Oct 2019 12th — David Horowitz & Francine Wall
Sat Nov 9, 2019 — All PONGO Poetry (At Risk Youth & Allies)
Sat Dec 14, 2019 — Bill Carty — Michael Magee
2018
March 10, 2018—Sierra Golden—Shankar Narayan
Sat April 14— Griffith Williams— Francine Walls.
Sat May 12, 2018—David Horowitz—Jayne Marek
Sat Jun 09, 2018—Cat Kigerl—Bruce Taylor
Sat Jul 14, 2018—Colin Corpe—Glenna Cook
Sat Aug 11, 2018—Kilam Tel Aviv—Art Gomez
Sat Sep 08, 2018—Cheryl Latif—Mary Crane
Sat Oct 13, 2018—Claudia Castro Luna, WA. State Poet Laureate
Sat Nov 10, 2018— Steph Ann Best— Sibyl James
Sat Dec 08, 2018—Clem Starck (Happy Holidays!)
Green Lake is wonderful any time of the year!
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