THE INA COOLBRITH PO-BOWL Each month one member who attends the ICC meeting and reads a poem is selected to have that poem appear on our website for one month. The process is democratic. Each reader signs a slip, folds it, and places it in "The Po-Bowl." After the bowl is shaken and a name hauled out, the winner's poem goes up at coolpoetry.org within 24 hours! Po-Bowl Winner, January 27th: William Landis A MUTED SKY BROODING Houses and Hills--by Elmer Bischoff it takes a muted sky to open this brooding      it begins to release from grey lake and cooling leaves      their silent juices what nuances cook      inside the dancing child of summer they stir     imposed now      upon the moist tongue of September one red slash defines a shoreline      the plot hangs from this lip it cracks (slow motion)     unfolding like a stutter      that thunders into grandiosity greens linger     sap sours into yellow      and a tricky mix of orange transforms leaf carcasses like a circus tent rent by a single stroke      it spews color-mayhem all at once (slow motion) painted elephants that romp and rump the air      clowns riot and plumed horses laugh rains will come      mossy green and wet blacks and trunk-skins gone lavender      will double the palette unmercifully and trees reveal at last their dignity as bone      as black fingers rummaging the sky Click on MP3 icon to right to hear William Landis read A MUTED SKY BROODING