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Root Ball by April Salzano
Who gives away their weeping cherry tree, my husband wants to know. Mature, in bloom. He says it deserves a fighting chance. He will prepare the ground, dig the hole by hand, home burial or new...
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Cherry Tomatoes by April Salzano
Cherry Tomatoes hang in clusters on delicate vines. The plants are caged, potted in the driveway. All summer they have drowned in rain and hose water until flowers became hard green cysts that grew,...
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Autumn Moon by A.J. Huffman
after “Age of Abundance,” by Osnat Tzadok Flares of imaginary fire burn across forest’s crown. Light and leaves come alive, collectively breathe in mirrored mist, rising like smoke from absent flame....
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Hibiscus Blooming in Rain by A.J. Huffman
The garden sogs under persistent downpour. Green grows with a sickly gray clinging like shadows, cloud contamination. In a quiet corner, lone hibiscus stretches petals toward sky, embraces drops...
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The Road to Thunder Road by A.J. Huffman
is a delayed growl standing several steps behind the starring flash. Backup- singing, supportive round of applause. Darker partner waiting in invisible wings. Eruptive echo marks the distance to point...
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Orange Cup Coral by A.J. Huffman
Phallic shafts shock nocturnal waters, wave fingers like fireworks, flags of welcome, of final embrace to small fish daring to flutter about these make-shift flowers. They are their own entertainment,...
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Just by Bob Gill
Just a moment Sipped Full of happiness Just an instant You may have missed Compared to drought The water Of life pours over you In a torrent Underground For centuries It seems And may have been To...
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Tonight by Bob Gill
The universe is Cold tonight A winter of stars Illuminate the world Its heaven Full of danger And mystery Just tonight An asteroid Three football Fields in length Slipped by Missed us By 1,500,000...
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Desert Names by Mark Penny
I don’t know the names— No very names. Oh, chapparal. Oh, sage. Vague names. Oh, cactus, tumbleweed. Oh, scorpion. Oh, coiled up shaker of a shaman’s bones. Oh, crook-limbed walker on the knuckled...
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Autumn 2014 haiku chain by Patricia K.
While I’ll take life in any season, the transition from summer to fall is bumpy for me. This year, the melancholy I often feel during these pre-winter months has been accented by various family...
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Review: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by...
As I mentioned in my Facebook posts about the book, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (published in 1976) is a wild ride, not at all for everyone. It could especially...
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Call for submissions: WIZ’s 2015 LONNOL Celebration
Love of Nature Nature of Love Month–it’s on! Valentine’s Day is over, but the good ship LONNOL is still available for booking. Perhaps you yet have tokens of affection you would like to ship out. If...
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LONNOL 2015 winter/Valentine haiku chain
After a slow start to Wilderness Interface Zone’s Love of Nature Nature of Love Month, we’re opening our LONNOL haiku chain. It’s our hope that readers will join in this winter and post-Valentine’s...
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The year of the fox by Patricia Karamesines
From July 2010 to December 2013, the two years following Mark’s stroke and brain surgery, he struggled to regain lost cognitive and physical ground. The hemorrhage occurred in the back of the right...
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A Mormon artists talents tithe
At the beginning of 2012 when I decided to both increase my writing rate and focus on science fiction and fantasy, I wondered if I would continue to write Mormon fiction. I ended up writing quite a bit...
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Announcing The AMV Guide to Mormon Literature
It seems to me that Mormon literature as a field is difficult to approach. Unless you are one of the few who have the chance to take the Mo-lit class at BYU, there’s no real easy way to get an overview...
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Part 1: You Say You Want a Creavolution? Well, You Know …
This two-part post is from a chapter titled “Gardens” in my book Crossfire Canyon, under construction. I haven’t posted on AMV for a while and thought I’d run this out there. As a reliable account of...
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Part 2: You Say You Want a Creavolution? Well, You Know…
William Blake’s The Temptation and Fall of Eve Part 1, wherein I muse upon the similarities between Darwinism and creationism, may be found here. In Part 2, I muse some more. And yet . . . and yet....
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Liner Notes: Dark Watch
The fall 2013 issue of Dialogue went live yesterday to electronic subscribers. Print editions are in the mail (or will soon be). I’m delighted and a bit awed that this issue devotes more than 20 pages...
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My personal favorite AMV posts at year 10
Back in 2009, I listed my personal favorite AMV posts — one for each of the co-bloggers. In honor of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the blog, I have updated that list. In some cases, items are...
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