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	<title>Listen &#38; Be Heard Weekly Archives &#187; Volume 5</title>
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	<description>Archived Articles from L&#38;BH Weekly through April 26, 2008</description>
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		<title>The Listen &amp; Be Heard Network</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/16/the-listen-be-heard-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 16]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since closing the doors of Listen &#038; Be Heard Poetry Caf&#233;, I have given much thought to the Listen &#038; Be Heard website. The site has been serving several functions, including serving the arts community by publishing announcements, reviews and opportunities, and promoting the events we produced at the caf&#233;. We also publish poetry on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE REVIEW OF &#8220;SOUND POEMS&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/16/the-review-of-sound-poems/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/16/the-review-of-sound-poems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dave tilton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CD Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kirk lumpkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sound poems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The review of “Sound Poems” by The Word-Music Continuum began in San Francisco’s China Basin at McCovey Cove. It was carried by a reviewer into a building at Pier 48. The planned route along the Embarcadero was not used. The above-mentioned reviewer emerged from the building joined by two other reviewers. Both of them were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SUGAR BABIES, TROUBADOURS &amp; OPENING DAY</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/16/sugar-babies-troubadours-opening-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carla gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who's on First]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 18 will be the opening night for the BENICIA OLD TOWN THEATRE GROUP presentation of “Sugar Babies” at the BDES HALL. This is actually a revival of sorts as the BOTTG originally performed this show 20 years ago. Done in the old Vaudeville and Burlesque style, this will be an evening of laughter and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Billy Ralph &amp; The Pizza Factory III</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/16/from-billy-ralph-the-pizza-factory-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/16/from-billy-ralph-the-pizza-factory-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bill vartnaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill vartnaw]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[for Barry way out in space out so far that if a man went that far &#38; came back to talk about it he’d be younger than his grandchildren …that far out in space a red giant implodes slow grey clouds rumble in gale-warning wind over the lens of Palomar but when the game isn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billy Ralph &amp; The Pizza Factory Prologue</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/15/billy-ralph-the-pizza-factory-prologue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bill vartnaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[dust devils dance on the floor of decayed chicken houses kicking up heels of white feathers, the smell of the daily grind that had encyclopedias calling this place: The Egg Basket of the World Captain Bill &#38; Billy Ralph stand, crow bars in hand, ignoring the growth of golden rolling hills, eucalyptic sprouts… 40 feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polythene Bag</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/14/polythene-bag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christopher barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 16]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[                            Unscrunched – At-a-pinch an illusory surface. Rucks are crushed points, downstream. An air-oozing atlas Of fingerprints, smears. A bubble ground to its pinpoint In some see-through, unrevealed way.]]></description>
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		<title>GATHERING FOR A GARDEN TOUR</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/gathering-for-a-garden-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/gathering-for-a-garden-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carla gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who's on First]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benicia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden tour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 13 the LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS will hold its Annual Garden Tour. This year the tour will be in memory of SANDY OLSEN, a popular League member. The tour runs from 11:00 AM through 4:00 PM. There will be seven “luscious” gardens to tour and light refreshments at the FISH-RIDDELL MANSION on West K [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Year with Frog and Toad at Solano Community College</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/a-year-with-frog-and-toad/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/a-year-with-frog-and-toad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maria vrobel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a-year-with-frog-and-toad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Reale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solano Community Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Reale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This production deserves nominations for the Solano Community Theatre awards of this season. I definitely plan to return for its final weekend with friends and my little tadpole. But, you do not have to be a child to enjoy the benefits of the productions. I sat next to a group of professional working women. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAHRENHEIT 707</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/fahrenheit-707/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dave tilton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Bradbury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vallejo Independent Bulletin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is Vallejo still at the point of having to declare bankruptcy, which has been blamed in large part due to its union-negotiated contracts with the police and fire departments? Why is there no ongoing mention of it in local, state, or national media? With the exception of the ongoing reports posted by the Vallejo Independent Bulletin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Cage Aux Folles at Napa Valley College</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/la-cage-aux-folles/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/la-cage-aux-folles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maria vrobel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Cage Aux Folles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa Valley College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robin Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Bird Cage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Local Community Colleges Shine with Great Musical Productions   Setzer gives a performance worthy of standing ovation. His solos are heart felt. His singing is brilliant. He gives Nathan Lane a run for his money.   Jennifer King, head of the Theatre Department at Napa Valley College, directs a family musical of a different feather. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting and Changing</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/shifting-and-changing/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/shifting-and-changing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martha cinader mims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s over but it&#8217;s not over. It&#8217;s ending but it&#8217;s beginning. Nothing ever changes and nothing stays the same. Truth is in the moment and encompasses everything that is transforming as we participate in it. With ups and downs of being who we are working with what we have moving toward what we will become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ablution</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/ablution/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/ablution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>venise evangelista</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[venise evangelista]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[growing up inadequacies motions slow unbalanced questioning clouds moving far grasping grays is it better to know or flow with blind hope to follow each day&#8217;s residue until maybe&#8217;s tomorrow but a kite can fly only with its steady anchor as the leashed can never be lost free as one can be- cautious hesitation, contemplation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reason</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/08/reason/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/08/reason/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amanda paige</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do I do when I don&#8217;t have a clue? sit here, and I wanna be angry, but it&#8217;s so hard tonight. There are so many reasons to cry, tonight, not one can I find. not a reason. Wonder Why&#8230; I don&#8217;t hear an angry word all I see is beautiful everything is dissolved in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quentin Crisp Daydreams</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/18/quentin-crisp-daydreams/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/18/quentin-crisp-daydreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christopher barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brocade in ivory and foam-flecked cream, Your robe-de-chambre has arrived. Many-sidedly turned out (by hand). The smocking at T.G. Jakobowicz?Äôs Is The Biz for the hob-nobility. Assume the cutter?Äôs scruples with lace For the floppy bodice, pique at the ruffle, Two square yards of netting Under cute queenly ormshells. Trip-up velvet skirting, Angelhooded, slight-skein sleeves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE GATES</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/17/the-gates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaela sefler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The gates are open, and she comes through; embellished by the moonlight. His attempts, bring back hopes of a forgotten promise, he shines. Remembering her attempts he is strengthened in silence, he holds for she reigns in his province. And this night is different, and he remembers the slight nuances that take shape in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebetis (1)</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/14/rebetis-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>don hagelberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First published in Exit #13 For Thanasis Maskaleris (2) Poet, teach my poems how to dance! (3) Now they can only limp along, alla zoppa (4), As if in a trance to unheard music Played on un-amplified instruments, By young voices as wide eyed as Owls, As if Minerva could reappear as cloned birds Perched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus Cried-</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/13/jesus-cried/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/13/jesus-cried/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hunter austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The streets are empty cold and I am alone this morning My idle rant appears as steam Meaningless cloudwisp hung in a crazy sky jabber Ah! Two people pass Holding hands walking wearing warm knits They do not see, Father I am wet with the dew of Christmas dawn and There is no manger Two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mamet Reprieved</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/12/mamet-reprieved/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/12/mamet-reprieved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maria vrobel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photo by eric chazankin In the past, I often dreaded Mamet?Äôs repetitive text. I will not go into my distaste for his characterization of a certain type of gender in some of his other plays. But, Mamet&#8217;s &#8220;Boston Marriage&#8221; diminished my past sourness for his work. I find this piece to be the most engaging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXPRESS WHAT YOU FEEL</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/12/express-what-you-feel/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/12/express-what-you-feel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tony mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metaphysical Muse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You start your forecast week of major transit on Thursday, when Venus, the planet of personal relationships and artistic expression, at 1¬&#8747; Pisces will sextile Pluto, the planet of regeneration and soul evolution, at 1¬&#8747; Capricorn. The energy expressed from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I! DECLARE! FUNK! AND FUSION!</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/12/i-declare-funk-and-fusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dave tilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to www.allmusic.com, there are currently seventy-two recordings of the Gene McDaniels composition ?ÄúCompared to What?Äù listed at its website. The song, primarily associated with Les McCann and his many versions of it (his live one with Eddie Harris that opens the 1969 Atlantic Records album ?ÄúSwiss Movement?Äù is a personal favorite), has been featured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queen</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/12/queen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christopher barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An amputated sunrise, classic curve Veined behind disgorging sky, We arrive, platform three. Foreshadowed blue, clear-cut, The Scot steams, smokes Chasing soot rummaging clouds Overhanging to Portsmouth. Throttled incipient blades, Speeds dissolve to sippets; Blood pumping along cracks, White transparent skin. At the Palace, orbs, sceptres Luminous pitch, underthings hitched up, Rich stale fetor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE DOVE</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/11/the-dove/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaela sefler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from the forthcoming volume of poetry &#8220;Healing Tree,&#8221; Inner Circle Publishing A dove, a symbol of peace wisdom of the awaiting; a messenger of purity and new beginnings. The deer swift and graceful; aspirations of the life of the soul. The crow, symbol of foretold destinies darkness before creation, known realities, awaiting changes. The phoenix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listening Post</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/10/listening-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hunter austin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a quiet place Down a ways cow ?ÄúMyaah?Äù &#8230;the odd bird Tug-boat engine churning water wake A bee buzz on the wind against my ear Leaves Far off trains strike big-handed chords The grand pipe organ, the rusty rails And the gunpowder clouds sing ?ÄúTrouble don?Äôtcha come here, no.?Äù Locomotive close in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>branded equUS</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/07/branded-equus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>charles frederickson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spaghetti western horse opry neigh-sayers &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Shoot-&#8217;em-up shut-&#8217;em-up Make My Day &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Dark horse upsets pale horse &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Broncobuster bucking stacked deck odds &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Double-dealing sharks pair of Aces &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Livin&#8217; on Jacks and Queens &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Maverick heartthrob winning Royal Flush Straight wrangler rustling V-for-Vaquero rodeo-o-o Chuck wagon chocolate chip cookies &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Doves scavenging leftover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pollyanna</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/06/pollyanna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christopher barnes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ambition fashions itself narrowly deflating girls. It?Äôs open and shut ?Äì even grisly ducklings spree drugstore complexions, tags, hospitalizing arts. See they?Äôre just dandy, touchingly blessed, grabby with all the latest-scream fads. * She?Äôd knocked up and out charged on teenage begetting rates. A surplus shell suit this month, window shops pushchairs in lieu in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO DECLARE?</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/05/have-you-anything-to-declare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dave tilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the number one with a bullet (OK, it rhymes with ?Äúbullet?Äù) topic in Vallejo this week: yes, folks, once again it?Äôs bankruptcy. With a capital ?ÄúB?Äù and that rhymes with ?ÄúP?Äù and that stands for ?ÄúPLEASE FILE.?Äù Bankruptcy in California has a long history that goes back to the early days of its admittance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HARMONIOUS EXPANSION</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/05/harmonious-expansion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tony mims</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You start your forecast week of major transit on Thursday when the Sun, your source of vitality and light, at 16¬&#8747; Pisces, will sextile Jupiter, the planet of expansion and growth, at 16¬&#8747; Capricorn. The energy expressed from this sextile of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling the Spirits of Ancient Africa to Listen and Be Heard Poetry Cafe in Vallejo California.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our local city council controversy over when to go bankrupt, to our national struggle for democracy in the twenty first century, there&#8217;s plenty if current events to keep our conversations centered on the present. Part of finding a path to the future is looking back and learning from the past. Last Friday we focused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Politics of Starvation</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/05/the-politics-of-starvation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>don hagelberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What some people do In order to: Eat. On Manet&#8217;s painting, &#8220;Luncheon on the Grass&#8221; [La Dejeuner sur l'Herbe] Her eyes force me to look away From her nakedness. She is not nude. The heat of shame reddens my face. Her eyes stare at me, so I look instead At the still-life which graces me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fragment 4</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/03/03/fragment-4-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bill vartnaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We begin the way East, west. Into the ocean with many names. Animals stir the dark inside us, like questions, crawling &#038; hungry. So many answers. We cut them down, make room &#038; call it shelter, a space &#038; time of our own. A new frontier to probe. This is freedom. &#038; it?Äôs scary. We [...]]]></description>
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