by Ryukan | May 30, 2012 | Blog
Come experience the 14th way to look at a Blackbird. Tonight, we will be reading Wallace Stevens poem 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird while under a self induced hypnotic state (optional). This guided writing exercise is guaranteed to give you something to stop...
by Ryukan | May 22, 2012 | Blog
Since the first scriptures were penned, poetry and spirituality have intersected in ways both complimentary and antagonistic. At this edition of the living room, we’ll look at ways that poetry has attempted to make sense of, and transcend our physical reality....
by Ryukan | May 22, 2012 | Blog
From Greg Bem: Hello friends, There’s a great event coming up Saturday (June 2, 2012) — the annual Allen Ginsberg Marathon at SPLAB in Columbia City. The event’s first portion starts at 8pm and features Mickey O’Connor and Band of Poets....
by Ryukan | May 16, 2012 | Blog
From Michael Rothenberg: www.bigbridge.org Dear Big Bridge Friends, We are pleased to announce the BIG BRIDGE 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! For 15 years Big Bridge has worked hard to present our readers with a wide and varied selection of poetry,...
by Ryukan | May 16, 2012 | Blog
From Thomas Walton: Greetings, PageBoy Magazine is currently gathering material for its 5th issue! If you have something amazing, please send it along to this address with the word SUBMISSION in the subject line. (pageboymagazine@hotmail.com) We are looking for...
by Ryukan | May 14, 2012 | Blog
From Anthony Warnke: As I’ve begun to read Gertrude Stein in depth for the first time and reflect on some of my own favorite poetry, I have become increasingly aware of the power of repetition. Sometimes, it seems, the right new word is the word right behind it. In...
by Ryukan | May 11, 2012 | Blog
Paranomasia has nothing to do with a lack of ghosts. Rather, it comes from Greek, meaning word-shunting, and refers to the deliberate exploitation of words to achieve multiple meanings, ambiguities, humor, etc. (i.e., punning; i.e. cummings) — a way of...
by Ryukan | May 7, 2012 | Blog
In what may be their best Seattle project yet, Art Space unveiled their latest plans tonight: Artspace Mt. Baker Station Lofts, Artspace’s third project in Seattle, will be a mixed-use arts facility containing 57 rental units of affordable live/work space for artists...
by Ryukan | May 1, 2012 | Blog
The moving dot can be extinguished in an instant, yet it contains all information, even eternity. Try placing a dot on the undulating waves. The moment I extend my arm, the dot is already gone. —from the essay “In the Oxymoronic World” by Kim Hyesoon, translated...
by Ryukan | May 1, 2012 | Blog
(From Doug Johnson of Cave Moon Press) April 30, 2012 Dear Poet: In 2011 we produced the anthology entitled Broken Circles to benefit hunger. The strategy was simple and it succeeded in helping local food banks from San Francisco to New York. Poets were charged with...
by Ryukan | Apr 24, 2012 | Blog
We’ll celebrate Mayday by working on an ancient Japanese form that’s gained steam since Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder started their experiments in the 50s. We’ll look at Anne Waldman and Andrew Schelling’s more contemporary approaches and Sam...
by Ryukan | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
Text Corpse Exquisite Corpse- a French Surrealist game in which a poem is passed around and participants add the lines with limited knowledge of what was previously written. Text message- brief communication between two mobile devices. We will be combining these two...
by Ryukan | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
Michael McClure wrote: Diane is suffering with several painful and even life-threatening illnesses, including removal of all teeth, arthritis from her earlier back operation, extreme problems with glaucoma and a needed operation; but that’s just the top of the list....
by Ryukan | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog
An average day in the city: on the bus, a child mothers a crying parent; a homeless woman peers into the window of a toyshop; a statue in the park seems it has something to say. Beauty lies in the midst of such incongruities, and in those incongruities, poems are...
by Ryukan | Apr 9, 2012 | Blog
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