by Paul Nelson | Jul 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
A reading from the first ever anthology of Cascadia Poetry was held Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at Milepost 5 in Portland. Details and audio here: https://cascadiapoetryfestival.org/make-it-true-reading-audio/
by Paul Nelson | Jun 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Waiting in the garden on a hot day for a friend and our bike ride, I perused Facebook only to see the news that Vancouver poet Jamie Reid had died at age 74. The news came via his wife Carol on his Facebook page: Dear Friends Our beloved Jamie died suddenly on...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
For over 30 years Seattle guitarist Eric Tingstad has been recording and performing in Cascadia and around the world. Often with his collaborator Nancy Rumbel, with whom he was awarded a Grammy in 2003. I braved the east side traffic to meet Eric at his Sammammish...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
The latest in this series of 100 poems with references to: Homepage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370 Lost in the Woods (Sept 2000) Notes On Gone South...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the year 2001, after the tragic events of that September, and only about five years under my belt as a curator/facilitator of events featuring visiting poets, I had the good fortune to organize a visit by legendary poet, anthologist, essayist, Jerome Rothenberg....
