Cosmos

What’s out there in the great beyond? Could we survive on Mars? What is dark matter? Are wormholes the secret to time travel?  Human curiosity is as vast as the universe itself, and these poems may provide some unique answers—or at least a little stardust to sprinkle in your morning coffee.

Contributing Poets from Around the Globe:

Aileen Bassis • Alan Catlin • Anna Leahy • Annette Langlois Grunseth • Aoife Reilly • Aurore Sibley • Beatriz F. Fernandez • Bill Frayer • Bonnie Larson Staiger • Brad G. Garber • Brent E. White • Brigit Truex • Brittney Corrigan • Bruce Meyer • Bruce Pratt • Carol Levin • Carolyn Martin • Casey Bush • Catherine Fletcher • Cheryl A. Van Beek • Christopher Luna • Cicada • CJ Muchhala • Colette Tennant • Dale Champlin • Dane Karnick • David Belmont • Debbie Fox • Deborah Bachels Schmidt • Delia Garigan • Devon Balwit • Diana Cole • Doug Stone • Douglas Spangle • E R Lutken • E.C.M. Rowntree • Elidio La Torre Lagares • Ellen Huang • Eloise Unerman • Eric Forsbergh • Gregory Loselle • Gretchen Rockwell • Heather Truett • J V Birch • Jan Haag • Jeremy Birkline • Jessica Parker • Jill G. Hall • Joan Moritz • Joann Renee Boswell • Joseph Ridgway • Judith Arcana • Judith Kelly Quaempts • Judy Dykstra-Brown • Karen Mandell • Karin L. Frank • Kathy Ackerman • Katy Brown • KB Ballentine • Ki Russell • Kieran Egan • Kristen O. Bobst • Lana Hechtman Ayers • LAW Fraser • Libi Siporin • Linda Ferguson • Liz Nakazawa • M. Ann Reed • M. C. Aster • Marilyn Johnston • Mark L. Levinson • Melody Leming-Wilson • Mia McGregor • Michael Kellichner • Patti Jeane Pangborn • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Rachel Baila • Rebecca Smolen • Robert René Galván • Roddy Williams • Sally Zakariya • Sam Barbee • Samantha Tisdel Wright • Sharon Wood Wortman • Steve Dieffenbacher • Steve Williams • Tamara Fricke • Tim Kahl • Tom Sheehan • Tricia Knoll • Trina Gaynon • Vinnie Sarrocco • Vivian Wagner

Sample Poems:

How Everything Began

by Bruce Meyer

        ~in memory of Stephen Hawking

Because the universe needed answers,
he took the voice of an answering machine,

and when the universe almost listened,
it heard how everything began as questions.

Tonight, with sleeping pills ingested,
I close my eyes to time and temper,

knowing somewhere everything belongs
to a piece of ancient matter torn by light.

If I dream the numb dream of death
before waking to the spark of morning sun,

in that mortal sleep of silent thoughts,
I shall pass a traveler on his way to forever,

and think of that moment as an eternal now,
then say it was the instant all nows began.

Cosmosity

by David Belmont

after
providence
destiny
kismet
and fate

before
serendipity
synergy
synchronicity
and sympatico

there was cosmic

as in
that was cosmic, man

a simple happy thing
that made you smile
even when you weren’t tripping

Book Launch Celebration

Saturday, Feb 22, 2020 
at 2:00 pm

Featuring Contributing Poets:

Pattie Palmer-Baker • Trina Gaynon • Colette Tennant • Liz Nakazawa • Casey Bush • Dale Champlin • Melody Leming-Wilson • Douglas Spangle • Marilyn Johnston • Brittney Corrigan • Judith Arcana • Joann Renee Boswell • Brad G. Garber • Jessica Parker • Devon Balwit • Linda Ferguson • Delia Garigan • Rebecca Smolen • Doug Stone • Linda (LAW) Fraser • Deborah Bachels Schmidt • Shawn Aveningo Sanders

at
The New Ledding Library
10660 SE 21st Ave
Milwaukie, Oregon

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