by Splabman | Aug 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
My annual appearance at Bradner Gardens with the Jim O’Halloran group is happening August 12, 2023 at 6pm and Lorna Dee Cervantes has been a late addition to the bill. The garden is a jewel of the Seattle P-Patch program, though still not recovered from an arson...
by Splabman | Jul 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m delighted to be part of a literary arts event Sunday, July 9 from 5-8pm. The Tunnel: A Literary and Arts Crawl is the mastermind of Greg Bem, who will be moving from Seattle to Spokane for a job this summer. We will miss his invention, his innovation...
by Splabman | Jun 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
After I suggested this title as the June 15, 2023, talk to be given at the Altar/Alter project, I realized that what I meant was more like milagro or folk charm, though one could make the case that poetry postcards are like little sacred planes on which we place our...
by Splabman | Jun 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
I am delighted to be part of an ambitious event being produced by Greg Bem, Eric Acosta, Amy Hirayama, and Denny Stern. Three of the four are postcard poets and all are energetic members of the Seattle literary community. Altar/Alter is: “an installation and...
by Splabman | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Over the past ten+ years my friend the poet and librarian Greg Bem has created some of the most inventive poetry gatherings I have ever experienced. One that involved divination and chance procedures. Several that have happened in public places with passers-by hanging...