SPLAB POETRY WORKSHOP

Saturday, November 20, 12 to 3pm @ SPLAB

Suggested Donation $20.00. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Pacific Rim Poetics

… the Pacific Coast of America faces the Far East, culturally as well as geographically…

–        Kenneth Rexroth

What does it mean to be a Pacific Rim poet? In this workshop, we continue to explore innovative (& classic) Pacific Rim poetics. Poems of the Masters (classic Chinese verse), Japanese Death Poems, Brenda Hillman’s permission to be strange and Andrew Schelling’s post-coyote poetry.

Brenda Hillman

Class time will be given to readings (& listenings) of work, as well as writing exercises and discussion. Get a better understanding of your place as a poet in this corner of the world.

ABOUT facilitator Paul Nelson: Founder of SPLAB, Author of Organic Poetry (essays, Oct. ‘08, VDM Verlag, Germany) & a serial poem re-enacting the history of Auburn, WA, A Time Before Slaughter (Oct. ’09, Apprentice House). Shortlisted for the Stranger Genius Award in Literature, 2010. (Download a flyer: Pacific Rim Poetics 2 Poster)

Paul E Nelson