A form Allen Ginsberg invented to “Americanize” haiku, these are snapshots of the moment written by Paul E Nelson, one a day, for over eleven years. These are a sampling from most Februaries of the practice. More info at www.AmericanSentences.com. Below see the email exchange with people entrusted to manage Allen Ginsberg’s [...]
Jan 28, 2012
My residency here at the Whiteley Center ends tomorrow, alas. What a tremendous place to think, write &c.
Sure, the photos give you a sense of that (my Pig War research photo album on FB) but I am so pleased with what I [...]
from Daemond Arrindell:
Hi everyone,
Two months ago, our dear friend and loved writer Tara Hardy went to the emergency room. She was extremely fatigued and little red spots were appearing on her legs and cheeks. When doctors told her that the platelets were low in her blood, so low that it was [...]
Greg Bem, Jason Conger, Joe Chiveney and I have been rehearsing a Sound Poem originally done by the Four Horsemen: bp nichol, Steve McCaffery, Rafael Barreto-Rivera and Paul Dutton. (Their version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahUdQd_YtwM )
Read the comments section there and you get a sense what people think about this kind of [...]
Ever since my own LOST episode (details linked here) I have always followed stories of people lost in the wilderness around Seattle. I thought Yong Chun Kim was a goner for sure, when he was found on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, in Mt. Rainier National Park. Read his story [...]
It was a phrase used by C.A. Conrad when he visited Seattle and did a reading at SPLAB. He said he loved being part of our City of Poets. Our current Board President, Eze Anamalechi likes the idea of a Poetic Commons.
Another Board Member, Joe Chiveney, suggests we have Saturday workshops where the critique [...]
Angel Hack
Never forget that it was an angel that invented swords.
Ramón Gomez de la Serna
Never forget it is the oldest Bodhisattva carries one aflame in his right hand carve a slice off duality. Never forget a sword’s a scalpel can hack [...]
Dragonfly Resurrection by Paul Nelson 3
Horse flies are smudges on the air.
– Ramón Gomez de la Serna
Dragonflies are silent fireworks. Into the heart of a [...]
Xi Chuan gave a stellar reading at the Seattle Central library on Monday, January 9, 2012. Chris Higashi was a gracious host and Paul Manfredi a fine reader of Xi Chuan’s work in English, (translated by Lucas Klein) reading poems after the Chinese. Xi Chuan’s NW poem, written in Victoria, BC, featured a lot of [...]
See me read it with Jim O’Halloran on flute:
https://www.facebook.com/paul.nelson/posts/165440583559985
Line breaks here are not right, but what the hell? It’s #49 in a series of 99 haibun inspired by Ramon Gomez de la Serna.
49. 49th Parallel Blues (After Nate Mackey)
The function of waves is to bring the [...]
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