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Farming in San Francisco.


Farming In San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  

Daniel Richman

Fithian Press

c/o Daniel & Daniel, Publishers

PO Box 2790, McKinleyville, CA 95519

156474440X $12.00 1-800-662-8351 www.danielpublishing.com

Farming In San Francisco is a compendium com·pen·di·um  
n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a
1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.

2. A list or collection of various items.
 of original, lyrical lyr·i·cal  
adj.
1.
a. Expressing deep personal emotion or observations: a dancer's lyrical performance; a lyrical passage in his autobiography.

b.
 poetry by Daniel Richman in celebration of the city in which he has lived, loved, worked, and played in for thirty years. These are poems that focus upon the people of these famed American city set on the seashore of the great Pacific. Loves and Fishes: It rained all day/upsetting the crows/on the cross/atop Saint Phillip's Church,/who leaned east/and leaned west/in search of a dry inch.//The peak grew sharper/by the hour/and darker/the choked choke  
v. choked, chok·ing, chokes

v.tr.
1. To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.

2.
a.
 gutters dropping cold sheets/And when the ladies left/they stepped in lakes.//But remember,/lovers of the sun,/each drop becomes a crumb.
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