X A N A D U

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree

Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834

Welcome to the Xanadu Gallery Archives.

Works Included At Xanadu

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Poetry of Ashley Hemsath:

  • Death is my lover
  • Roses
  • A tear...
  • I stare down...

    • A Short Story by Ashley Hemsath

  • Loss

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    Poetry of Marj Tiefert:

    (Also the author of a Muybridge Photo
  • Multilevel Interchange
  • Don Juan in Southern California

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    Poetry of Michael A. Thomas:

  • Street Voice
  • California Landing
  • Dry Brush Rabbit Grasses
  • Washingtown Trash Trucks
  • Jesse Garcia (amado Santos Jesus)
  • Elevated Moon Beer Cubs Train Win
  • Explanations at the Reunion
  • Magellan
    •  Biographical Notes Re: Michael Thomas

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    Fiction:

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    Science Fiction of Carl Wilson:

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    Classic Selection -- Non-Fiction:

    • By John L. Stephens: One Night in Merida, from INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN YUCATAN, (October 29, 1841).
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    Visual Art: Internet Collage of Guygene Tarentu:

  • Man-Adrom-Ux-Atom
  • The Nebula That Ate Ancient Rome
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    The XANADU icon was adapted (seriously tweaked, that is) from this photograph, originally shot by Jim Duncan (jduncan@netaxs.com), titled "El Castillo at Dawn." It shows the Temple of Kulkukan, or El Castillo, a "Toltec/Maya" pyramid located in the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Jim Duncan is the author of a remarkable and intriguing site on the Web, Wandering through the Yucatan. We heartily encourage you to visit, enjoy his story and photographs, and sign his guestbook. Thank you, Jim, for courteously permitting us to use your photograph.

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