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 | May 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
I have a practice of reading my journal entry from the same day of the previous year and love when poems I’d forgotten I’d written show up and still have some potency. Sam always warned me not to be in a “rush to publish” and it was some of his...
by Splabman | May 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sam Hamill would have been 80 today, May 9, 2023. He has been gone 5 years now, but he is in my head daily. Anytime I drink saké, eat sushi, look at my altar and often when I am engaged in reading or discussing poetry, Sam is there. So, in trying to figure out how I...
by Splabman | Apr 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
It has been a magical 10 week ride so far, examining Brenda Hillman’s new book In a Few Minutes Before Later. In the last five week workshop we’ll look at the last third of the book, examine sympathetic course materials and do writing exercises based on...
