by Paul Nelson | 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 Paul Nelson | 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 Paul Nelson | Sep 3, 2015 | POPO
Poem #2 in the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest. (Audio here.)
by Paul Nelson | 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 Paul Nelson | 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...
