by Splabman | Sep 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
This postcard poem went overseas, so good to give it two months before posting here. I think in future years I may send to the folks overseas first so that there is time for them to receive the poems in the mail before they are posted. This poem also comes out of my...
by Splabman | Sep 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
I was pleasantly surprised to be tagged on Facebook in a post that promoted a podcast by New Star Books of Vancouver. The podcast featured two elders of the Cascadia poetry community, Vancouver poets George Stanley and George Bowering. They talked about anthologies...
by Splabman | Sep 16, 2015 | POPO
The largest category of (August Poetry Postcard Fest) cards I send out, in terms of the image, feature Coastal Salish art. I think this is one of the world’s most potent artistic traditions, on a par with any movement at any time in history, and in this case there is...
by Splabman | Sep 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
I had no idea when I started this series that it would end with me writing poems about my Father’s death on Mother’s Day 2014. And so it goes. I am grateful to have a process that allows me to, yes, process events like this one. I am grateful for the...
by Splabman | Sep 3, 2015 | POPO
Poem #2 in the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest. (Audio here.)
