Category: Poetry

by James Murren 28 July 2023 5
California MTB Poetry

Pines to Palms Wins Gold

An article I wrote about mountain biking from up high in the pines to the palms down low in theContinue Reading

by James Murren 25 October 2021 Number of comments0
California Libations Poetry

New Home Library and Novel

We built a home library, commissioning a local craftsman and fulfilling a dream that we shared. It’s not complete, withContinue Reading

by James Murren 17 October 2021 Number of comments0
Photos Poetry

Make Your Own Poem

Most times we need a little inspiration to make a poem. In rare moments, they happen, the inspiration coming fromContinue Reading

by James Murren 13 May 2021 Number of comments0
Poetry Say Something

Seeing Color

don’t tell me you don’t see color unless you truly are color blind because when you tell me that iContinue Reading

by James Murren 18 February 2021 Number of comments0
Photos Poetry

what you can’t see

what you can’t see is that the seals are escaping a mother and her pup to the left of theContinue Reading

by James Murren 03 February 2021 Number of comments0
California Poetry

the un-words that speak

as we all know, sometimes there are no words to paint the picture so we stand or sit in silenceContinue Reading

by James Murren 22 January 2021 Number of comments0
Poetry

Promises, Promises

i am not afraid to             promise you i am afraid, though, that             you                         will                                     not                        Continue Reading

by James Murren 17 January 2021 Number of comments0
California Poetry

the trees tell us

what is it that we want this world to be maybe we should stop asking ourselves instead turning to theContinue Reading

by James Murren 13 January 2021 Number of comments0
Poetry

Not Uncomplicated

we are not uncomplicated, none of us but that does not give us license to be unkind instead, we shouldContinue Reading

by James Murren 24 May 2020 Number of comments0
Ethiopia Poetry

Berbere Poem in Sub-Saharan Magazine

I wrote a poem about berbere and eating doro wot/spicy chicken stew and it found a home in a newContinue Reading

by James Murren 20 February 2020 3
California Poetry Say Something

Thank You, Bookstores

Simply publicly thanking two bookstores for selling my books in their stores … Reader’s Cafe has, for years, carried myContinue Reading

by James Murren 21 April 2019 Number of comments0
MTB Poetry

That’s a Nice Line in the Dirt

lines like this put a smile on my face ???!!!!??? what is it that puts a smile on yours  

by James Murren 15 January 2019 Number of comments0
Poetry Say Something

Head in the Clouds

It’s been raining a lot lately here, and I love it. Books.  Beers.  Wool sweaters. The change of weather paceContinue Reading

by James Murren 08 January 2019 Number of comments0
Photos Poetry Say Something

Arizona Route 160 through the Navajo Nation

For some 150 miles, route 160 runs through the four corners region of the desert southwest of the USA, whichContinue Reading

by James Murren 07 November 2018 Number of comments0
California Mountains Poetry

To Be a Leaf

wouldn’t you like to be a leaf falling from a tree in october to feel the flutter and float, mid-airContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 August 2018 Number of comments0
Photos Poetry

Gnarled Life

GNARLED LIFE sometimes you see something and immediately a word pops into your head, the image defining the word betterContinue Reading

by James Murren 22 April 2018 Number of comments0
Poetry

Skinning Deer

Butcher’s Son Did Not See Rural Food Insecurity When I was a kid, grizzled men returned from Penn’s Woods duringContinue Reading

by James Murren 16 March 2017 Number of comments0
California Mountains Photos Poetry

Beavertail Cactus Blooms

there you were, off to the side dressed all fancy for the morning you got me off my seat walkingContinue Reading