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PAUL E NELSON

Bernie Sanders or dxʷshudičup

It is a quintessentially Seattle story, given that indigenous people in this city have a higher profile than in most U.S. (lower 48) towns. Maybe being named after a great Chief also has something to do with it, but given that my ex-, Meredith, found this on Instgram...

529. Imagine Somalia

One bummer about Seattle August is the “tradition” of the Blue Angels. Others have written more eloquently about the need to stop this pathetic display of militarism. I am with them and the people on the other end of “our” rockets. Another German Montalvo card used...

Reading/Career Counseling Event

Never thought I’d write THAT blog post title, but there you go. And it’s another opportunity for you to BUY A COPY of American Sentences and hear how one remarkable flute player interprets various sentences into the universal language. (No not Esperanto!)...

Happy 4th Birthday Ella Roque Nelson

Happy Birthday today, March 17, 2016, to my youngest daughter Ella Roque. She got her first taste of chicharrones this week and here’s a little poem inspired by her actions this morning. Maybe it was all the flax seeds in the smoothie, whatever, I love this kid...

528. Prayers & Street Chorizo

Yes, demons were a sub-theme of my work in the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest. More demons, another memory of the 2014 Subud World Congress in Puebla, Mexico, and an illusion to los feos americanos.