We present the second half of our July 4, 2023 interview with former Seattle poet Stephen Thomas. He talked about his time in Seattle, his struggle with addictions, moving to Europe and his latest book of poems, What Is Between Us.
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We need to learn from Fujitaro and see the gardens that can grow from our wastelands, from the Pacific trash heap to the City of Seattle dump to the logged former forestland to the filled in estuaries of rivers like the Duwamish that make the Port of Seattle or Marshlands that make Baltimore’s inner harbor to the sprawl of LA and suburbs around all cities in this country to the merciless businesses of insurance and pharmaceuticals and lobbying and media (social, in particular) and AI and bottled water and so on.
A workshop for poets interested in making the most out of the summer Poetry Postcard Fest and the end of fest daysong, day-long writing ritual,
Writing poetry in a time of crisis, Ukraine, postcards.”War tries to destroy culture because culture sustains identity and memory. Literature is not only a victim of war, it is an instrument of survival, resistance, witnessing – and, sometimes, welcome refuge…”
“If you’re 25 and full of energy, this is a great time to be alive because everything is changing.” This will stick with me! Thanks for this introduction to Stephen Thomas and a reminder that the act of poetry requires waking up and seeing.