by Ryukan | Oct 12, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
This poem reminds me of the on and off dialog I have been having with a Canadian poet who is down on post-modernism because much of it is: “gibberish” in his view, but whose own work is clichéd and sentimental. How would one translate whale speak into a poem. It...
by Ryukan | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog
Seattle Poetics Lab (SPLAB) brings two poets into one space for an evening of readings. Join us for this literary event in the heart of Seattle’s Capitol Hill. A $5 suggested donation will support the readers. Magdalena Zurawski’s poetry collection,...
by Ryukan | Oct 4, 2015 | Blog
The first Rainier Valley Lit Crawl happened Sunday, March 8, 2015 and the second one is to happen later this month. Jeanne Morel, Ra’anan David and Barbara Erwine are the curators. All three were active at SPLAB when we had our venue in Columbia City. Wendy Call...
by Ryukan | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog
The cool cooperative gallery in the heart of Seattle’s Columbia City historical district is going to be presenting a series of Literary Arts events centered around a certain theme: Columbia City Gallery announces its new Literary series. Meeting every second...
by Ryukan | Sep 30, 2015 | Blog
Tuesday, October 13 7-9pm Free Dreams, Travelogs & Artist Books: a talk, reading and mini-trunk show by poet Marilyn Stablein A June 2015 interview she did with Paul Nelson can be heard here. A newspaper article from Sept 15 is here. Marilyn Stablein is an...
by Ryukan | Sep 29, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
This 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest poem continues the “being as comedian” thread from the last poem, makes a reference to a direction in a prompt I saw online and alludes to some of the more out of line kvetching brought on by the implementation of a fee for the...
by Ryukan | Sep 29, 2015 | Blog
Saturday, Oct 10th, 5pm Sam Hamill to Read from Habitation Sam Hamill returns to Vashon to read from Habitation at the Vashon Bookshop on Saturday, October 10, at 5pm. Hamill, author of more than forty books, including celebrated translations from ancient Chinese,...
by Ryukan | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
Part of the Tacoma Arts Month celebration, the inaugural Tacoma Poetry Fest happens Friday, October 16th and Saturday, October 17th at the Tacoma Public Utilities Building Auditorium. Headliner David Wagoner and the former Poets Laureate of Tacoma will read Friday...
by Ryukan | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
Former SPLAB Visiting Poet Nate Mackey is back in Seattle for two events. Wednesday, September 30, he’s at the University of Washington to speak “On Breath and Precarity” Wednesday, Sep 30, 2015, 6–7:30 p.m. UW CAMPUS LOCATION Communications Building...
by Ryukan | Sep 16, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The largest category of (August Poetry Postcard Fest) cards I send out, in terms of the image, feature Coastal Salish art. I think this is one of the world’s most potent artistic traditions, on a par with any movement at any time in history, and in this case there is...
by Ryukan | Sep 3, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poem #2 in the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest. (Audio here.) https://media.blubrry.com/cascadian_prophets/paulenelson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/507.-Goodbye-Queets.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (939.6KB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS |...
by Ryukan | Aug 30, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Autumn came in with a bang yesterday, three weeks early. (Damage is said to be in the tens of millions of dollars.) It’s odd, but early Spring and early Summer this year were greeted with great joy. Early Fall? Ugh. Truth is many around here loved the early rain...
by Ryukan | Aug 27, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
This is the first “official” poetry postcard of mine for 2015, year 9. I sent out one “practice card” to someone from last year’s list, but THIS year I decided to use Joanne Kyger’s new book On Time as a source of epigraphs. I am...
by Ryukan | Aug 9, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The second poem from the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest, this one is really the first, since #505 was a dry run and #506 starts the poems that all lead off with a quote from Joanne Kyger. And I am finding her new book On Time wonderful and am getting all sorts of...
by Ryukan | Aug 9, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Thanks to Sam Hamill’s suggestion, I have been reading Crowded by Beauty a biography of Beat Poet and Zen Monk Philip Whalen by David Schneider. Am loving it and finding it a great companion and inspiration for the 9th annual August Poetry Postcard Fest. The...
