by Ryukan | Aug 17, 2013 | Poetry Postcard Fest
OK, I jumped the gun on the 2013 Poetry Postcard Fest. Though I am posting here a month after writing and sending the first poem of 2013 (& my 428th postcard poem) I started writing the poems on July 17 and not ten days later on the 27th as we tell people to do...
by Ryukan | Aug 11, 2013 | Blog
El Habib Louai is charming the people of Seattle who see his almost constant smile, hear his translations of Ginsberg into Arabic and enjoy his energetic and deeply perceptive look at USAmerican culture during his first visit to this country. He has two more...
by Ryukan | Aug 1, 2013 | Blog
SICA, the Subud International Cultural Association is delighted to welcome El Habib Louai to the Northwest for a series of readings and talks at various venues in August, 2013. We invite you to attend and spread the word. (Download poster here.) SICA “works at...
by Ryukan | Jul 31, 2013 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The final list is out and 302 poets have joined us for the August Poetry Postcard fest this year. There are poets from Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Australia, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Hawaii,...
by Ryukan | Jul 26, 2013 | Blog
Wednesday night I attended a poetry reading of younger women poets on Capitol Hill. Organized by Jocelyn Macdonald, it was called Allergic to Cats A Feminist Poetry Reading. While some poets could have “sung shorter” as they say in Taos, the evening was...
by Ryukan | Jul 24, 2013 | Blog
From the Seattle Times: July 23, 2013 at 12:03 PM Not guilty plea by man charged in fatal Auburn hit-and-run crash Posted by John de Leon A 29-year-old man pleaded not guilty this morning to vehicular homicide, hit and run and felony reckless endangerment in...
by Ryukan | Jul 23, 2013 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I got the latest postcard update from Brendan McBreen (see below) with the new list of 243 people, easily a new postcard record! Am a little stunned and very excited about the fest and (as noted here) have already started hacking away at my list. Again I’ll link...
by Ryukan | Jul 17, 2013 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The man coordinating the list for the 2013 Poetry Postcard Fest, Brendan McBreen, informs us that 179 poets have signed up so far and the cut off date is less than two weeks away. (His update below.) I am thinking I’ll get an early start on my list and see if I...
by Ryukan | Jul 10, 2013 | Blog
As I posted on this blog last week, Brian Love, a longtime SPLAB volunteer and all-around handyman, was killed by a drunk driver on July 5th. The man accused of the crime, Floyd Gonzales, will be arraigned on the 22nd. Brian Whale writes in the Auburn Reporter of the...
by Ryukan | Jul 5, 2013 | Blog
I had a weird feeling when I saw someone’s Facebook post that a cab driver had been killed in Auburn early on Friday morning, July 5, 2013. I was not able to look immediately and follow up my instinct, but when my ex-wife Janice called me to tell me the news, I...
by Ryukan | Jul 5, 2013 | Blog
Former SPLAB Visiting Poet, Jose Kozer, perhaps the pre-eminent living Cuban poet, won the Neruda Award from the Chilean government this past week. Details: Santiago de Chile, July 3 (Reuters). – The Cuban author José Kozer was awarded today with American Award...
by Ryukan | Jul 5, 2013 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I’m getting ready for the August Poetry Postcard Fest, which starts on the 27th. It’s the 7th year we’ve done this and after seeing a link to a talk Ted Berrigan gave in 1979 on his Sonnets, I had a hunch I should go through some old postcards to see...
by Ryukan | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
From Michael Schein: Dear Poets,In less than 3 months poets from all over the Pacific NW & beyond will gather in the golden hills of Tieton for LiTFUSE Poets’ Workshop, featuring Dorianne Laux, Christopher Howell, Andre Feriante, Lauren Zuniga, Alice Derry...
by Ryukan | Jun 24, 2013 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The absolute tranquility is the present moment. Though it is at this moment, there is no limit to this moment, and herein is eternal delight. – Hui-neng In 2000 I was invited to participate in the 3:15 Experiment, which involved writing every day in August at...
by Ryukan | Jun 22, 2013 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Brendan McBreen: Once more it is almost August! The August Poetry Postcard Project is an exercise in responding to other poets. You write a poem a day for the month of August, write it on a postcard and send it to the next name on your list. When you receive a...
