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Bombay Beach: More Art

 Salton Sea. Bombay Beach. More Art.

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Coetzee: Scenes from Provincial Lifel

 Rereading the trilogy. Bought them as a set on Kindle: "Scenes from Provincial Life."

From "Boyhood":

Though he goes to the bioscope every Saturday afternoon, films no longer have the hold on him that they used to have in Cape Town, where he had nightmares of being crushed under elevators or falling from cliffs like the heroes of the serials. He does not see why Errol Flynn, who looks just the same whether he is playing Robin Hood or Ali Baba, is supposed to be a great actor. He is tired of horseback chases, which are all the same. The Three Stooges have begun to seem silly. And it is hard to believe in Tarzan when the man who plays Tarzan keeps changing. The only film that makes an impression on him is one in which Ingrid Bergman gets into a train carriage that is infected with smallpox and dies. Ingrid Bergman is his mother’s favourite actress. Is life like that: could his mother die at any moment just by failing to read a sign in a window?

Salton Sea: State Park

 More pics from the Salton Sea.

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R L Poetry: New Poems in Quadrant

 R L Swihart. Three new poems in Quadrant Magazine: Jan - Feb 2021.

"Dress in Layers," "Apocryphal Gospel of Z 3:19 - 23," and "Apocryphal Gospel of Z 7:11 - 13."

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Bombay Beach: Crashed Plane Installation

 Salton Sea. Bombay Beach. Installation of crashed plane. Artist Randy Polumbo.

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Salton Sea: Shorebirds

 Salton Sea. I'm guessing yellow legs but maybe it's a dowitcher. You tell me.:)

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Bombay Beach: The Swing

 Salton Sea. Bombay Beach. The Swing.

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Naples Xmas Lights

 Naples CA. A walk around the canals before the Holiday Lights go out.

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Two New Poems in in Pif Magazine (Jan 2021)

Goodbye 2020 and Hello 2021. Take it as it comes (like this little guy: the black phoebe). I have two new poems out at Pif Magazine (not a bad way to start the year), so take a look. Best in the new year.

https://www.pifmagazine.com/2021/01/6...

https://www.pifmagazine.com/2021/01/t...

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Poetry South: R L Swihart's "New Math"

 I have some new work in the Dec 2020 edition of New South: the poem "New Math." Only sticking point: you'll have to buy the magazine. Follow the link to check it out.

https://www.muw.edu/poetrysouth

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