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Drift Boats on the Klickitat

October 11, 2017 by Rob Gourley Leave a Comment

This is a hastening tributary —
it’s not the wider river
with headwaters gathered in the Rockies
which divulges its volume beyond Astoria.
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Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Poetry Tagged With: McKenzie River drift boats

Blade Runner 2049: Do You Know What’s Real?

October 6, 2017 by Rick Bonn Leave a Comment

At the end of the day, at the end of all the deals, meetings, compromises, firings, and what-all-else that goes on in the movie business, there is the FILM. That dimension behind the screen that opens a world away from you and yet extends toward you and into your brain to embrace and transport you.
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Filed Under: Entertainment, Featured Writing Tagged With: bladerunner, harrison ford, ryan gosling

The Owls of Oslo

October 1, 2017 by T H Savaht 4 Comments

The Owls of Oslo
I cannot see
I hear them over the din of cars
and bells
and the drunken cacophony
of Saturday evening
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Filed Under: Featured Writing, Poetry

Looking at Pennywise: Does God Look Back?

September 22, 2017 by Rick Bonn 1 Comment

If someone grew up in an atmosphere of true horror (i.e. abuse or war), is it possible a divine appearance in their life could initially be perceived as horror, even as demonic? [Read More]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Featured Writing Tagged With: God, horror, It, old testament, Pennywise, Stephen King, theology

Offspring

July 26, 2017 by Rob Gourley Leave a Comment

The Deer raise their brown heads
to make contact by eyes
and seem to acknowledge,
I’m the harmless neighbor.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Poetry

Everlast

July 20, 2017 by Keri Hakan Leave a Comment

Medicine smoke circles
Over me
Rising
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit

The Latitudes of Formidable Civility

July 16, 2017 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

The DNA of Nordic culture is manifest in eqalitarian leadership. Decency is achieved by following that example, so the summer print edition of the Upper Left Edge combines tributes to Denmark, Finland , Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (plus a special bonus country at the end).
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing

Artist’s Statement for Nordic Edition

July 13, 2017 by Poppy Gorman Leave a Comment

I chose to depict illustrations rooted in nature because of the role the natural world plays in our lives, especially to the Northerners in Europe. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature

Two Poems

July 2, 2017 by Robert Michael Pyle Leave a Comment

Hazel catkins swell and stretch,
not long till budburst. Back home,
chickadees have found the feeders
at last! Feared they weren’t coming
at all this year—but here they are.
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Filed Under: Featured Writing, Nature, Poetry

Joiks

July 1, 2017 by Israel Nebeker Leave a Comment

There are quite a few distinctions between a joik and a song, but my professor focused on one difference: a song, in our culture, is meant to be representative and evocative of its subject. Joiking, to the Sami, is meant to embody the very nature and spirit of who or what it is singing.
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Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Song and Dance, Spirit Tagged With: Blind Pilot, Israel Nebeker, Joik, Sami

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  • Watt Childress April 28, 2025 at 11:48 am on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltAlso, you inspired me to insert a sentence crediting Hoyt Axton with the song's genesis. Many thanks!
  • Watt Childress April 27, 2025 at 10:55 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltThank you kindly Jim for reading this and commenting. I enjoyed your review of "Sun House" by David James Duncan,
  • Jim Stewart April 27, 2025 at 8:26 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltNice! Hoyt Axton wrote the Jeremiah song and sang it with great gusto. Life wanders on and I'm still glad
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:51 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltDuring spring I think of you, and all the May Pole celebrations you've organized over the years. So grateful for
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:18 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltIn my dreams I sing to the multitudes, with a voice as clear and sweet and churchy as Lou Reed.
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