by Splabman | Apr 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I started getting more interested in poetry, early 90s (which does not seem like such a long time ago) I’d heard rumors about this curmudgeon in the Seattle poetry community. He was gruff, but had done a ton of work in editing, writing essays and writing...
by Splabman | May 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I wrote a more extensive birthday post for Sam Hamill’s 70th last year (see this) and this year I took a page (or three) out of the Book of Rexroth for Sam. You can see more of my engagements with this amazing poet and man here. Happy Birthday Sam.
by Splabman | Dec 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
The day after Sam Hamill gave a reading at Doe Bay on Orcas Island, as part of the SPLAB at Doe Bay series, his book Measured by Stone was current and he sat down to discuss his trilogy Habitations, how one bow’s to their muse, the poem in sequence (serial poem)...
by Splabman | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s one of those moments that you remember forever. Sam Hamill wanted to show me something in his home that he knew I would appreciate. He carefully lifted up an object about three feet high and 10 inches or so wide. The front appeared to be fossilized maple and on...
by Splabman | Nov 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
I will never forget the moment when Sam Hamill showed me the book Ian Boyden made of his new poem “Habitations” a couple of years ago. It was about a yard high and the cover was made from what looked to be fossilized maple. The pages were all original...
