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Correspondence

May 27, 2014 by Eric Conley 2 Comments

This is a strange time, is it not my Queen? With the valley shrouded in pooling fog, the days have darkened and the Elk have been proving themselves increasingly difficult to be tallied. Their hooves have forked in three directions: where the Root drinks from the Vein, where the Tongue burrows into sand, and where the Stones From Afar circle The Forest’s edge. [Read More] 

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry, ULE Tagged With: RoonJon StormTooth, Usnea TreeFriend, WereWitch

Driving Without Using Brakes

May 23, 2014 by Tony Farrenkopf 2 Comments

Driving without using brakes
means skill to judge speed and distance,
sniff out five cars in front of you,
oncoming traffic
and your next move,
pace your 302 Mustang’s 5 liter engine,
bridle the GT steed smooth and firm,
gear down to stay in torque,
chrome tailpipes growl in sync. [Read More]

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE Tagged With: chrome, karma, locusts

Gallery Song

May 19, 2014 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

Look what can happen with ceramic,
wood, and sea-tumbled stones;
with pigments and sand;
with fabric, glass, metal, and sun-dried kelp.

With words, fledged
in holy conversation.

[Read More]

Filed Under: Art, Poetry, Spirit, ULE Tagged With: Cannon Beach, Evelyn Georges, White Bird Gallery

Where I Live

March 27, 2014 by Rick Bonn Leave a Comment

Where I live
rivers rise
overwhelm
while rain presses
falling
calling
Be one with us
Be not dry.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Nature, Poetry, ULE, Uncategorized

To Whoever Corrects Current and Previous Addresses (true prose poem)

March 16, 2014 by Eric Conley 2 Comments

I have been cursed with a curse! You see, I found the rotten corpse of a horse that presumably floated across the Pacific Ocean from Japan on the beach a few days ago. I took a picture of it’s decomposing skin and pulled 2 teeth from its decrepit mouth (which required much effort to sever the fibrous flesh rooting the teeth to mandible; I had to use a sharp drift-wood-stick to cut the sinewy strands). [Read More]

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE Tagged With: Curse, FedEx, Human Resources

Casa de la Paz

February 26, 2014 by Evie Alburas 1 Comment

Por favor, tres a poniente
Y, camino de la luz.
The whale whisperer would
Like to be taken to
Casa de la Paz.

[Read More]

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE

Art Show

February 18, 2014 by Watt Childress 1 Comment

Pick a medium, any medium.
Shuffle it with streamlined themes
and magic random thoughts.
Cut it, quick, whoever you are.

Now hide it from the pros
who’ve done every dream.

[Read More]

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE Tagged With: Feller Kiln, wabi-sabi

It’s a lot of work

November 25, 2013 by T H Savaht 2 Comments

It’s a lot of work
coming Home
retreading
previous paths
turning
at some fateful moment
back
to the by ways of our
Birth [Read More]

Filed Under: Nature, Poetry, Spirit, ULE Tagged With: Cannon Beach, Ecola Creek, Salmon

For Farah’s mom (whom I haven’t met)

September 5, 2013 by Jennifer Childress 7 Comments

I met your daughter the other day,
New friend to my Willa,
At a gathering for new college students.
Our girl will be far away.
Your Farah is farther from you.

[Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Poetry, Politics, Spirit, ULE Tagged With: Motherhood, Peace, Syria

Outside the Nehalem public restrooms

July 16, 2013 by Eric Conley 1 Comment

Clutched walking sticks kicked from the
Tourist gait, all in gloomy imagination:

Faces
(Now imagine rage)
Laid onto discarded receipts for the
Chocolate chip cookie becoming the
Gravel chipped cheek
[Read More]

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE

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Readers’ Comments

  • 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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