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PAUL E NELSON

Reading in Courtenay BC

Reading in Courtenay BC

Thanks to the efforts of Ed Varney, I’ll give a short reading at ARTFUL Gallery in Courtenay, BC on Sunday, August 28th at 7pm. (526C Cumberland Road.) There will be open mic and there is a suggested donation of $10. The number of poetry readings in Cascadia has...
Poetics as Cosmology Workshops Fall 2022

Poetics as Cosmology Workshops Fall 2022

Poetics as Cosmology (Intro to Spontaneous Composition) A five week online (Zoom) workshop for people who have had a little experience in spontaneous poetry composition and want more. Join Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson in a...
Margin Shift June 16, 2022!

Margin Shift June 16, 2022!

(This post has been updated to include Tay Stafford, who has just been added to the bill. There WILL be streaming on Facebook for those who can’t make it down to Belltown.) I am delighted to read at Margin Shift again, again with the legendary Lorna Dee...
Haiku NW Talk about Poetry Postcard Fest

Haiku NW Talk about Poetry Postcard Fest

It has been eleven years since I was a presenter at Haiku North America, on the campus of Fort Worden in 2011. I spoke on the subject of American Sentences, those 17 syllable poems that I have been writing once a day since January 1, 2001. (I remember reading one...