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Thanks, dear Scott Wannberg, for re-posting this poem you wrote for my mother: "rose's body...for karen bowles and her mother rosetta"

Posted by kluciole at 9/6/2010 10:30 PM | Add Comment

I've been in and out of the hospital; will take time to respond to emails

Posted by kluciole at 9/6/2010 10:23 PM | Add Comment

My mother has passed away; thanks for the support and good thoughts

Posted by kluciole at 8/26/2010 1:54 AM | Add Comment

My parents' favorite song: 'What a Wonderful World' songwriter Weiss dies

Posted by kluciole at 8/26/2010 1:32 AM | Add Comment

Thanks go out for the good thoughts; my mom is still holding on, but she did get into an argument with me and her deceased parents!

Posted by kluciole at 8/24/2010 9:58 AM | Add Comment

My mother has been given 24 to 48 hours left... thank you all for your good thoughts

Posted by kluciole at 8/20/2010 9:00 PM | Add Comment

Love is universal: this brave monkey ran into traffic to save her baby, then fought off a hungry dog to protect her little one

Posted by kluciole at 8/20/2010 8:48 PM | Add Comment

Poem: "As One Listens To The Rain" by Octavio Paz

Posted by kluciole at 7/8/2010 9:39 AM | Add Comment

Thanks to all for their good thoughts; I will be writing back shortly

Posted by kluciole at 7/3/2010 6:14 PM | Add Comment

Asking for good thoughts for my mother

Posted by kluciole at 6/30/2010 6:19 AM | Add Comment

Oscar the bionic cat: Pioneering surgery gives him two false back legs

Posted by kluciole at 6/24/2010 6:08 PM | Add Comment

Luciole Press friend and contributor, author and publisher Ami Kaye, has a new book and a new website to check out!

Posted by kluciole at 6/22/2010 12:22 AM | Add Comment

Little Maddison wants to raise money for operation for her 'disfigured' foal Diego: "He is my best friend and I don't care what he looks like, to me his face makes him special"

Posted by kluciole at 6/20/2010 1:01 PM | Add Comment

Australian 'angel' saves lives at suicide spot

Posted by kluciole at 6/19/2010 1:33 AM | Add Comment

Beautiful story, great work everyone! "Galloping back to health: 17 horses left starving after years of abuse are given a new lease of life"

Posted by kluciole at 6/8/2010 3:12 PM | Add Comment

Poem: "When Death Comes" by Mary Oliver (previously posted)

Posted by kluciole at 5/29/2010 10:29 PM | Add Comment

Effort aims to rescue horses: Farm diverts animals from slaughterhouses

Posted by kluciole at 5/28/2010 6:15 PM | Add Comment

"Today's College Students Lack Empathy." Students score 40% lower than counterparts 20 or 30 years ago, "establishing that exposure to violent media numbs people to the pain of others"

Posted by kluciole at 5/28/2010 6:06 PM | Add Comment

Poem: "i carry your heart with me" by E. E. Cummings

Posted by kluciole at 5/22/2010 1:46 PM | Add Comment

Poem: "Courage" by Anne Sexton

Posted by kluciole at 5/15/2010 1:58 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Poem by Rosalía de Castro: " I was born when the seedlings sprout"

Posted by kluciole at 5/5/2010 6:22 PM | Add Comment

From Luciole friends: Aine MacAodha blogs about the wonderful new issue of Pirene's Fountain, brought to you by publisher Ami Kaye and her dedicated team! Great job, everyone!

Posted by kluciole at 5/4/2010 4:56 PM | Add Comment

Beautiful new poem from Luciole friend/contributor Stacey Mangiaracina: "E.U."

Posted by kluciole at 5/3/2010 2:11 PM | Add Comment

Woke up this morning and thought about Alphonse de Lamartine's "The Lake," which I have posted before. So, two other poems, "Butterfly" and "Memory"

Posted by kluciole at 5/1/2010 11:58 AM | Add Comment

Quote about living from Agatha Christie; painting, "Moon" by Alphonse Mucha

Posted by kluciole at 4/25/2010 3:49 PM | Add Comment

Hailed a hero: German shepherd called Buddy led police down winding back-roads to owner's burning home

Posted by kluciole at 4/24/2010 3:18 PM | Add Comment

TIME article -- School Bullying Prevention: Teach Empathy at Young Age

Posted by kluciole at 4/20/2010 11:10 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Poem: "Love's Justification" by Michelangelo, translated by William Wordsworth

Posted by kluciole at 4/17/2010 3:46 PM | Add Comment

Photo: US Marines feed a stray puppy in northern Marjah, Helmand province in Afghanistan

Posted by kluciole at 3/29/2010 12:19 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Luciole Press is on hiatus until the next issue, to be published May 1 (important to read this)

Posted by kluciole at 2/15/2010 5:06 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Great essay from Luciole's Emma-Jayne Saanen (send love to Dougal): "Would you lend a paw? Would you stop to help an injured animal?"

Posted by kluciole at 2/1/2010 7:39 PM | Add Comment

Book profiles furry angel of death: Oscar the cat

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2010 11:07 PM | Add Comment

From Luciole friend/contributor Ellyn Maybe: her CD "Rodeo for the Sheepish" is on a Top 10 list at KALX Berkeley

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2010 5:30 PM | Add Comment

Photo: baby elephant Jamuna Toni cuddles with a zookeeper at Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 12/26/2009 6:54 PM | Add Comment

Photos: Afghan children, refugees in Pakistan, play in their neighborhood of Rawalpindi

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 4:06 AM | Add Comment

The Robin Hood Food Bank for New York City -- (4 million NYC residents experience difficulty affording food)

Posted by kluciole at 12/11/2009 6:34 PM | Add Comment

A lonely lioness, whose pride was killed by poachers, adopts human companions (who successfully find her some lions to love)

Posted by kluciole at 12/7/2009 5:01 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Iraqi reunited with mother 20 years after Halabja gas attack massacre

Posted by kluciole at 12/6/2009 8:20 PM | Add Comment

Wrong Number Miracle: Mom was going to miss mortgage payment if she sent daughter food money; the stranger who took the call decided to help

Posted by kluciole at 11/30/2009 4:13 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "my so called thanksgiving riff for 2009"

Posted by kluciole at 11/26/2009 1:23 AM | Add Comment

Hero mother squirrel saves her baby from a dog

Posted by kluciole at 11/24/2009 12:50 PM | Add Comment

Poem: "i carry your heart with me" by E. E. Cummings

Posted by kluciole at 11/19/2009 8:00 PM | Add Comment

Poem: "Mad Girl's Love Song" by Sylvia Plath

Posted by kluciole at 11/18/2009 3:28 PM | Add Comment

Quote from the Dalai Lama

Posted by kluciole at 11/16/2009 6:32 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Quotes from Victor Hugo

Posted by kluciole at 11/16/2009 4:09 PM | Add Comment

Just watched the PBS broadcast of "Born Wild: The First Days of Life"... here is a video clip!

Posted by kluciole at 11/1/2009 9:07 PM | Add Comment

October 2009 issue of Pirene's Fountain now available! Note from Luciole friend and contributor Ami Kaye

Posted by kluciole at 10/30/2009 6:19 PM | Add Comment

Another photo of Prudence the piglet chasing sticks with her canine friends at the Wildlives Centre

Posted by kluciole at 10/25/2009 1:34 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Poem: "By Candlelight" by Sylvia Plath

Posted by kluciole at 10/24/2009 6:52 AM | Add Comment

Trio of rare lion cubs unveiled in British zoo -- Pandora, Portia and Phoebe

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2009 1:19 PM | Add Comment

Prudence the runt piglet was saved from death and adopted by 6 puppies; she likes to play fetch with them

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2009 4:46 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Movie: Natasha Arthy's film "Fighter" (2007, Denmark). I really liked this film! I think the descriptions do not reveal the depth of the rich character/culture relations in this movie. Great action as well.

Posted by kluciole at 10/17/2009 5:12 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Memorial show for Amy Farris on October 21, 2009 at Austin’s Continental Club

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2009 10:58 PM | Add Comment

Quote from Anne Sexton

Posted by kluciole at 10/14/2009 4:08 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Another posted reminder: If you are in Los Angeles, please see Luciole friends David Smith, Ellyn Maybe, S.A. Griffin, and Scott Wannberg at Beyond Baroque today!

Posted by kluciole at 10/11/2009 2:04 AM | Add Comment

Rhesus macaque monkey mothers "go gooey" over newborns just like humans

Posted by kluciole at 10/11/2009 1:31 AM | Add Comment

Wish I could be there David, Scott and S.A.! Reminder, their reading (and book signing for David and Scott) will be today, Oct. 10th, at Skylight Books

Posted by kluciole at 10/10/2009 12:10 AM | Add Comment

REMINDER! Message from David Smith. Catch David, Scott Wannberg, and S.A. Griffin on the 10th at Skylight Books, and all 3 w/Ellyn Maybe at Beyond Baroque on Oct. 11th

Posted by kluciole at 10/7/2009 9:04 PM | Add Comment

Many thanks to S.A. Griffin (Pa T) for sending me the best birthday cake ever. You had me laughing very loudly... :):)

Posted by kluciole at 10/6/2009 11:42 PM | Add Comment

Happy second birthday to Luciole Press! Thank you so much to everyone. Here are some lovely b-day tributes from Scott Wannberg, David Smith, and S.A. Griffin

Posted by kluciole at 10/6/2009 6:02 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Congratulations to Luciole contributor Gill O'Halloran for her fine new book, "This Seven Year Old Walks into a Bar"

Posted by kluciole at 10/6/2009 1:51 AM | Add Comment

Sent in by Amanda Oaks: Verve Bath Press SALE!

Posted by kluciole at 10/4/2009 1:27 PM | Add Comment

Congrats to Luciole friend and contributor S.A. Griffin, whose work is in the new anthology: "Mezcla: Art & Writing from the Tumblewords Project." He has an extensive reading schedule -- catch him live!

Posted by kluciole at 10/3/2009 9:56 AM | Add Comment

One of my favorite articles ever: Love between German and Pole survives Iron Curtain -- for five decades, Elvira Profe kept Fortunat Mackiewicz's picture in her wallet

Posted by kluciole at 10/3/2009 9:50 AM | Add Comment

Luciole friends and contributors in a 2-day extravaganza of reading glory: David Smith and Scott Wannberg Oct. 10th at Skylight Books, and David, Scott, Ellyn Maybe and S.A. Griffin at Beyond Baroque on Oct. 11 (Los Angeles)

Posted by kluciole at 10/2/2009 3:01 AM | Add Comment

Press Release: Luciole's Dena Rash Guzman will be reading with Sister Spit this Sunday, October 4th, in Las Vegas. Rock on, Dena! ;)

Posted by kluciole at 10/2/2009 2:37 AM | Add Comment

Happy Labor of Love: The new Autumn 2009 Issue of Luciole Press is now published -- celebrating our 2nd Anniversary --

Posted by kluciole at 9/6/2009 12:37 AM | View Comments (20) | Add Comment

Poem: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, "Memento"

Posted by kluciole at 8/22/2009 12:25 AM | Add Comment

Poem: "Otherwise" by Jane Kenyon

Posted by kluciole at 8/21/2009 12:27 AM | Add Comment

Any readers in England that can adopt some very lovely kitties? "Crisis at rescue centre as Britons turn their backs on cats"

Posted by kluciole at 8/19/2009 7:33 AM | Add Comment

Another poem by Jane Kenyon: "Happiness"

Posted by kluciole at 8/18/2009 7:48 AM | Add Comment

Welcome home ladies: very touching photos of freed journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling greeting their families

Posted by kluciole at 8/5/2009 6:14 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Pen pals: Gerald the giraffe and Eddie the goat form unlikely friendship when kept in same enclosure

Posted by kluciole at 8/1/2009 11:44 AM | Add Comment

A fantastic poem from Julie Hill Alger: "Lesson 1"

Posted by kluciole at 7/31/2009 3:05 PM | Add Comment

Mila the Beluga whale saved stricken diver Yang Yun's life by pushing her to the surface when her legs became too cramped to swim

Posted by kluciole at 7/29/2009 3:10 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Follow-up to previous post: How to get a signed copy of Scott Wannberg's new book, strange movie full of death

Posted by kluciole at 7/29/2009 2:57 AM | Add Comment

Sorry for the delay in posting this; Scott Wannberg's new book -- strange movie full of death -- is now available for purchase at Perceval Press!

Posted by kluciole at 7/27/2009 8:15 AM | Add Comment

Poem: Anne Sexton, "Admonitions To A Special Person"

Posted by kluciole at 7/19/2009 1:29 AM | Add Comment

Poem: Willa Cather's "The Hawthorn Tree"

Posted by kluciole at 7/17/2009 10:50 PM | Add Comment

Photo: very cute two-day-old baby elephant pushing/leaning against its mother's leg, Taronga Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 7/9/2009 2:48 AM | Add Comment

Two rare white lions, male and female, cuddle/spoon in the South African sun

Posted by kluciole at 7/2/2009 2:53 AM | Add Comment

Another poem from previously featured poet Nizar Qabbani: "Love Compared"

Posted by kluciole at 6/27/2009 2:46 AM | Add Comment

I have just received the new chap from Rose of Sharon Press (publisher S.A. Griffin): "Let Everybody Come In" by Scott Wannberg. I love it very much!

Posted by kluciole at 6/24/2009 7:22 PM | Add Comment

Fantastic news from Luciole Press friends and contributors S.A. Griffin and Scott Wannberg! Just published -- "New chap: Let Everybody Come In by Scott Wannberg!"

Posted by kluciole at 6/22/2009 6:47 PM | Add Comment

Happy Father's Day to all. From author/Luciole Press contributor Kurt Kamm's series: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS -112- PROUD FATHER

Posted by kluciole at 6/20/2009 11:17 PM | Add Comment

Another poem from previously featured poet Delmira Agustini: "El Nudo" ("The Knot")

Posted by kluciole at 6/16/2009 2:43 PM | Add Comment

Peregrine falcon family drama is internet hit as millions watch them live on TV

Posted by kluciole at 6/14/2009 5:46 AM | Add Comment

Luciole Press publication will be on hiatus for June, blog will be updated still; please wish me luck :)

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2009 12:05 PM | View Comments (24) | Add Comment

Video: "La Cumparsita" -- dancers Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne (and TIME article from 1948 about this tango)

Posted by kluciole at 6/1/2009 1:56 AM | Add Comment

Rescued black labrador retriever goes on to save another, older and arthritic dog

Posted by kluciole at 5/29/2009 7:35 PM | Add Comment

Mother mistle thrush (bird) uses her body to dam up water to prevent her chicks from being washed away

Posted by kluciole at 5/28/2009 11:28 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Happy news to report for my mother.... many thanks to everyone!

Posted by kluciole at 5/27/2009 3:03 AM | View Comments (23) | Add Comment

Photos: a swan family's journey up a small waterfall

Posted by kluciole at 5/26/2009 7:29 AM | Add Comment

Roman mythology: the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe (an ancient version of Romeo and Juliet). Painting: "Thisbe" by John William Waterhouse

Posted by kluciole at 5/24/2009 10:51 PM | Add Comment

Photo: newborn White Bengal Tigers Kamika, Kamala, and Khalid, at Olemse zoo in Olmen, Belgium

Posted by kluciole at 5/22/2009 6:48 PM | Add Comment

Rosalía de Castro's "Adios Rios, Adios Fontes" set to music by Amancio Prada, who recorded an album of her poetry called "Remembrances of Rosalía de Castro" in 1975

Posted by kluciole at 5/22/2009 6:28 PM | Add Comment

Glad to report my mother is home from the hospital; thanks to everyone for all their kind words and good wishes

Posted by kluciole at 5/21/2009 1:07 AM | View Comments (15) | Add Comment

Photo: triplet Jaguar cubs at the Tierpark Zoo, in Berlin (named Atiero, Jumanes and Valdivia)

Posted by kluciole at 5/19/2009 11:22 AM | Add Comment

Thinking of you Scott Wannberg, and wishing you health. Here is Scott's poem, "shine your everloving light"

Posted by kluciole at 5/18/2009 11:45 PM | Add Comment

A Prayer Addressed To The Mountain Spirits (Apache). For my mom.

Posted by kluciole at 5/17/2009 2:06 PM | View Comments (15) | Add Comment
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