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

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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?"

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Book profiles furry angel of death: Oscar the cat

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

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

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

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

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

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Iraqi reunited with mother 20 years after Halabja gas attack massacre

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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

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

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Hero mother squirrel saves her baby from a dog

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

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

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Quote from the Dalai Lama

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Quotes from Victor Hugo

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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

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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 | Add Comment

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

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Quote from Anne Sexton

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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

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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

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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)

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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

The Maine Woods: Ktaadn, by Henry David Thoreau, which mentions my 4th great grandmother, Marm Howard

Posted by kluciole at 5/15/2009 11:15 PM | Add Comment

My cat's second favorite poem by Pablo Neruda: "Cat's Dream"

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Fox cub survives two weeks caught in a trap because his mother kept bringing him food

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Happy Mother's Day to all who nurture .... Photo: baby giraffe Margaret Abigail getting a nuzzle from her mother, Margaret Sukari, at the Bronx Zoo's African Plains

Posted by kluciole at 5/10/2009 10:54 AM | Add Comment

Photos: a baby black jaguar with its mother, Venus, at the Park of the Legends zoo in Lima, Peru

Posted by kluciole at 5/10/2009 10:43 AM | Add Comment

More on one of my favorite poets, previously featured Rosalía de Castro: book excerpt about her work, another bio, and poem "Margarita" (Spanish version and best English translation I can find)

Posted by kluciole at 5/9/2009 9:08 AM | Add Comment

I love both cats and parakeets/budgies, and laughed when I saw these photos. Hope they make you smile too: "The moment sleeping kitten is pecked awake by cheeky budgie who wants to play"

Posted by kluciole at 5/9/2009 7:57 AM | Add Comment

Happy Birthday to the incredible Diana Bonebrake! (May 10th). Here is a poem by S.A. Griffin, "Diana Queen of the Angels," and a link to the tribute page for Diana's bday :)

Posted by kluciole at 5/9/2009 7:23 AM | Add Comment

Poem:Katharine Tynan, "Any Woman"

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Gabriela Mistral: first Chilean and first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature; here is a bio and two of her poems -- "I am Not Alone" and "The Stranger"

Posted by kluciole at 5/4/2009 12:46 PM | Add Comment

Poem by Luciole's magnifico friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "the day the german kid came into dutton's looking for my sweet charlie"

Posted by kluciole at 5/3/2009 7:33 AM | Add Comment

Poem: Juan Ramón Jiménez, "I Am Not I"

Posted by kluciole at 5/1/2009 2:14 AM | Add Comment

Please listen to the music of Emily A. Saaen, a very good friend of Luciole Press. She hails from the Azov sea coast and now lives in Ural, Russia

Posted by kluciole at 4/28/2009 3:25 AM | Add Comment

Poem by previously featured poet Nizar Qabbani: "When I love"

Posted by kluciole at 4/26/2009 7:29 AM | Add Comment

Poem by Luciole Press friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "the raymond carver 2 step"

Posted by kluciole at 4/25/2009 10:20 PM | Add Comment

Arthur Hugh Clough's long poem "Amours de Voyage" is about failure, misreading and cowardice in love

Posted by kluciole at 4/19/2009 12:45 AM | Add Comment

Picked on by others because she was born with minor brain damage and learning difficulties ("They called me Susie Simple"), singer Susan Boyle is a profile in courage: "I wanted to make my mum proud, so I took the risk"

Posted by kluciole at 4/18/2009 8:08 AM | Add Comment

Poem: Kalidasa, "Look to this Day"

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Photos: Sophia, 27-year-old orangutan, and her unnamed 6-month-old daughter enjoy the day at the Brookfield Zoo

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Thank you to everyone....

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What happens if a doctor tells you that you have lung cancer, then washes their hands of you? A note for my mother... and a poem that Scott Wannberg wrote for my mom

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Poem: St. Francis of Asissi, "The Tree of Love"

Posted by kluciole at 4/11/2009 6:54 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a two-month-old sea lion hides behind her protective mother Kira, during her media debut at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

Posted by kluciole at 4/7/2009 3:09 PM | Add Comment

WWI Poem by Marian Allen: "The Wind on the Downs"

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Book: "EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY -- Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women"

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Profile: Wilma Mankiller, first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

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Poem by Naomi Ayala

Posted by kluciole at 4/2/2009 9:24 AM | Add Comment

Editor's Note from Karen Bowles: LUCIOLE PRESS SPRING / SUMMER ISSUE 2009

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Poem: Gwendolyn Brooks, "To Be In Love"

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