Ghosts of Plant and Place
Rui Sasaki’s Portable Memories By Ben Norman Subject: Rui Sasaki’s Art Exhibit at the Portland Japanese Garden...
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The Bel Esprit Project, co. est. 2020
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NOVEMBER 2024
Volume V, Issue II
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The Rain in May
The rain falls in May and clings to the nascent flowers. Transparent crystals adorning the trees. The green gray curtain pours onto the...
One Day in April
One day in April I came to know strawberries. Sorting the dark broad leaf of the true from the wrinkled leggy false, following any yellow...
Weatherman
For Ker Vanish Hold the fossils of the flood like a virgin holds a broken heart so soundlessly, as the night caresses a young owl I saw...
Butterfly
Alone atop A desert bluff, Hand shading my eyes, Watching geese do the butterfly Across the sky, so sure of themselves, Heads held high,...
Vernal Equinox
The vernal equinox. The first breath of spring returning after a bitter, endless winter. A moment of terrestrial equality, of balance....
Let It Snow
Completely comfortable Cold yet warm Calm yet excited Taking what it gives you Enjoy it while you can Getting high on the moment Time...
Contemplations with Chris: EBG in Silverton
Standing in the early-morning shadow of the San Juan mountains at Silverton Mountain resort, the unnatural sound of plastic boots flexing...
Alethia’s Mirror
this is an onion of a problem; a lazy layer of communes and jazzy hills, interred into the singed silk. I navigate the world like a...
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