by Splabman | Sep 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Near the very end of this series of 100 poems my Father died. (May 11, 2014) I’d not experienced much death in my life to that point and Dad died in his bed and not in some hospital, which made me appreciate death as a creative act. How one does it, that is. I...
by Splabman | Sep 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
This September (2015) marks the 15th anniversary of my Lost in the Woods episode. I went on a solo backpacking trip in the Olympic National Park, tried solo bushwhacking and ended up in need of a rescue. I learned a lot about myself, about the people around me (family...
by Splabman | Aug 30, 2015 | POPO
Autumn came in with a bang yesterday, three weeks early. (Damage is said to be in the tens of millions of dollars.) It’s odd, but early Spring and early Summer this year were greeted with great joy. Early Fall? Ugh. Truth is many around here loved the early rain...
by Splabman | Aug 27, 2015 | POPO
This is the first “official” poetry postcard of mine for 2015, year 9. I sent out one “practice card” to someone from last year’s list, but THIS year I decided to use Joanne Kyger’s new book On Time as a source of epigraphs. I am...
by Splabman | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Getting to the end of this series that I’ve been posting here 4 at a time for months. The flashbacks are intense and about to become more so.
