by Paul Nelson | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
The effort to get the word out about Make It True: Poetry from Cascadia begins in Portland, with a reading organized by longtime Portland poet dan raphael, who wrote: A reading to celebrate the publication of Make It True: Poetry from Cascadia, with Allison Cobb, Jen...
by Paul Nelson | May 14, 2015 | POPO
I love this notion of pre-bedtime suggestions. I have been doing that the last few months, or more based on the latest poems to be posted here from the ongoing series After The Japanese. I have been posting the poems in hunks of four the last few months and it...
by Paul Nelson | May 13, 2015 | POPO
I am starting to get emails about the August Poetry Postcard Fest. Questions like: 1) Is the fest on this year? (Yes). 2) Can you sign me up now? (No). 3) What are the main changes this year? (This year we’re charging for the first time. It’s a $10 dollar...
by Paul Nelson | May 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
You think of the term “gardener” and something mild is evoked, perhaps an older person, but use the term “wildcrafter” and something subversive is suggested, perhaps with links to paganism. Yet there we were, one recent rainy Thursday in Seward...
by Paul Nelson | May 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
The discussion I’d hoped for after the first and second Cascadia Poetry Festivals, is beginning to manifest in the wake of the 3rd iteration of the fest and the first in Canada. (Nanaimo, B.C. of all places!) This is evidenced by intelligent blog posts inspired...
