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PAUL E NELSON

Song Cousins

Song Cousins

My regular open mic (sorry Peter, but “mic” is short for microphone and “Mike” is short for Michael) EasySpeak Seattle has been on hiatus since February AND WE BOOKED SO MANY COOL FEATURED POETS and they’ve all been cancelled. Ugh. (Well,...
PoPo Interviews

PoPo Interviews

I am looking to interview at least ten postcard participants in the next few weeks to create some videos for a new PoPo website that will replace the current page on my cluttered personal site. Interviews will be (mostly) uniform, with standard questions and conducted...

Footsteps Anthology Benefits Homeless Vets

Thanks to the tirelessness and vision of Doug Johnson, Footsteps, a poetry anthology to benefit Homeless Vets, which I co-edited, is being released tonight and there will be a candlelight vigil in Cal Anderson Park as part of it. The poster below says it all, but to...

2 Anthologies: Footsteps & South Seattle Emerald

I am blessed to have work in TWO anthologies coming out in the next two weeks. The first is the South Seattle Emerald’s Emerald Reflections: A South Seattle Emerald Anthology. It comes out of the vibrant activist mind of Marcus Green, the Publisher of this...