by Splabman | 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 Splabman | Mar 26, 2012 | Blog
We’re still recovering from the very successful Cascadia Poetry Festival which SPLAB conceived of and hosted this past weekend. This week in the Living Room we’ll share our best memories of the just-concluded fest, discuss plans for future iterations and...
by Splabman | Mar 11, 2012 | Blog
“Igniting the Green Fuse: Women on Eco-poetry” panel moderated by Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC) 12-4P Saturday panel, nature walk and writing prompt: Igniting the Green Fuse: Women on Eco-poetry moderated by Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC) featuring: Catherine Owen...
by Splabman | Mar 11, 2012 | Blog
Tim McNulty Workshop Description: Images as Windows (Saturday, March 24, 1-3P at SPLAB) In our workshop we’ll explore the power of images to convey meaning, nuance and mood in our poems. We’re review some poems that rely on images, and we’ll jot some images in our...
by Splabman | Jul 12, 2011 | Events
100 THOUSAND Poets For Change happens at SPLAB September 24, 2011 and around the world. Cedar Sigo is our featured poet at 8P. (Main website here.) Cedar reads at 8P and facilitates a workshop from 3-6P on the San Francisco Renaissance (Joanne Kyger, John Weiners and...
