poetry

“In Which the Stream Disappears” ( & Reappears) & “Return to Inverness Beach”– 3 poems by Marianne Szlyk

By beagarth on June 30, 2020 • ( 1 )

Editorial Note: The first two of these poems are based on Marianne Szlyk’s dream like take of experiencing Nature before and during the Coronavirus pandemic. The last poem is based on a (cold) summer dream. In Which the Stream Disappears… Read More ›

“Mother Earth’s Breath” poem by Bea Garth plus her painting: “The Turtle’s Complaint To Gaia”

By beagarth on May 11, 2020 • ( 4 )

“Mother Earth’s Breath” by Bea Garth, copyright 2020 For a moment the Earth takes an unexpected breath as her humans, that most troublesome of progeny, squirrel in their rectangular hovels while porpoises and swans begin to play in sunlit canals… Read More ›

"What The Iguana Told Him" pen and ink by Bea Garth, copyright 1997/2018

On Love and Dust: two poems by Linda Imbler; art by Bea Garth

By beagarth on January 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

. The Seven Sons of Zachariah by Linda Imbler, copyright 2018 . All seven sons of Zachariah, Had talents bona fide, This father more pariah than messiah, Necromantic personified. The first son claimed he spoke to animals, And that… Read More ›

Brokeness & Hope: 3 poems by Ann Christine Tabaka; art by Tim Cottengim

By beagarth on January 1, 2018 • ( 1 )

Brokenness by Ann Christine Tabaka, copyright 2018 There is no black and white anymore. Everything is gray as I wade through Indecision. I do not remember how to pray. My knees now fail to bend. Desperate hands forget… Read More ›

"Geography lesson," ekphrastic poem by Dr. Angelee Deodhar, copyright 2017

“Geography Lesson,” poem by Dr. Angelee Deodhar; art by Bea Garth

By beagarth on July 30, 2017 • ( 12 )

Editor’s Note: It is really wonderful to have one of my paintings help inspire an ekphrasitic poem by Dr. Deodhar, even though in actuality it was through time and space–since the poem was written years ago in India. So maybe… Read More ›

"The Land of the Drowned," photo by Lara Gularte, copyright 2017

“RIVER IN THE ROAD,” poem and photo by Lara Gularte

By beagarth on March 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

WALKING TO THE NORTHERN BEACH ALONE

By beagarth on September 27, 2009 • ( 0 )

by Greg Hall, copyright 1997, 2009 Despite the wind There is nothing here But my footprints When I return)— The summer broken And the autumn still smoking The winter Wounded to death— Roses are rising Inside the breasts Of the… Read More ›

Holy Ground

By beagarth on June 21, 2009 • ( 0 )

by Carolyn Donnell, copyright 2009 This is Holy Ground, You have desecrated our Holy shrines. Words said throughout the ages to excuse Mankind’s warring and destructive ways. But what is Holy Ground? Where battles were fought, or won or lost?… Read More ›