Imagine Her a Mom – Taylor Graham

IMAGINE HER A MOM                 no female skateboarder in the exhibition?   Imagine her, 13 years old, wowing the skate park with her kickflip crooked grinds, her lip slides –   imagine her, 10 years in the future, showing her daughter the moves – how not to break…

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Border Break – Taylor Graham

BORDER BREAK   Blazing sunset as vision of a known world’s final act – one backlit skateboard hovers midair. Sinjin Savage, Joe’s Skate Park, 2015

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Mystery Skateboard P.V. – Taylor Graham

MYSTERY SKATEBOARD P.V.   The secrecy of it – the mystery – draws me. Clandestine adventure of just getting there, arriving blindfolded at unofficial skateboard park. The risk-taking, the adrenalin, good for body and soul. But do I dare?   I have no skateboard, never considered flying – break my skull dreaming. Mountain Democrat article…

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Skateboarding Union Valley – Taylor Graham

SKATEBOARDING UNION VALLEY   Look at him riding his skateboard down the railing of a flight of steps. Calculated free-fly remaking the world as we know it.   Instant recall: my dog paw-by-paw walking slick metal railing, perfect balance in motion – impromptu agility course, training   for earth slipping in waves of aftershock, city…

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Navagating The City – Taylor Graham

NAVIGATING THE CITY   Look at this town with no parking, cars multiplying faster than space on our limited Earth. SUVs & heavy duty pickups parked metal-to-metal, drivers shimmy out the windows. Structure/stricture of our concrete world.   Imagine a gallery full of maybes, what-ifs, free space, and the possibilities of grace. An open door;…

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The Last Ride – Sue McMahon

Justin Boyd, Tahoe from Above #1 The Last Ride   I took my old board out for one last ride on the west slope fair grounds   the wheels were rickety and the wood was chipped, when I rode it real fast the axles made a terrible sound   I felt a pop on my…

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The Gift – Kat Solares

The Gift   Death touches life Life tears apart endings Rotten fruit Let it fall Reach out Hold out your hand Black and white or green and gold A half pipe of choices Flowers touch bones Bones to the living I ollie into my own soul Awakens the loins Quiets the mind From the grave…

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Electric Touch – Kat Solares

Electric Touch   My face is blue with sadness My body hot and red in anger But my mind keeps exploding with numb yellow thoughts I cant keep them in I cant let them all out Reaching for a mental connection Yearning for an electric touch As I put pen or brush to page Hoping…

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Zombie – Kat Solares

Zombie   Look through me Work those swirling whirling eyes Spiraling out from a drawn and gaunt face Skin dripping off in layers Your O’Neil shirt tattered and ragged Your baggy jeans just a thought below the knees Bloody toes peek just through the worn and forlorn Van’s Arms limp as you walk One swaying…

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Broken – Kat Solares

Nate Reifke, Boot, Pen and ink on paper, 2018   Broken   Snapped Fracture Conjecture A memory now spoiled Now thier is fear I give this piece of mine forth now it’s a sultry ritual I place it upon wheels And I roll it in front of the procession On its way to be interred Down…

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