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PAUL E NELSON

Fail Large

Fail Large Go to the extreme of your imagination and go on from there: fail large, never succeed small…-Charles Olson Every poem is an experiment and every one is a failure. Some fail to a lesser degree than others, but none have ever encompassed the enormity...

Moroccan Poet El Habib Louai Visits Seattle

  SICA, the Subud International Cultural Association is delighted to welcome El Habib Louai to the Northwest for a series of readings and talks at various venues in August, 2013. We invite you to attend and spread the word. (Download poster here.) SICA “works at...

June 11 Nanaimo Workshop

I have been fortunate to be able to travel to much of Cascadia. Sometimes I get to share the fruit of my research on Organic Poetry. David Fraser of Wordstorm has invited me back to Diana Krall’s hometown to facilitate a workshop that combines two interests:...

Interrupture’s Trope Opera

This email came from Doug Nufer and Interrupture. (See below). Interrupture was part of the first Puget Sound Poetry, the kick-off event of the Cascadia Poetry Festival in March 2012. They have been together for many years, in one form or another, perhaps ten. Always...