by Splabman | Jul 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
I had the good fortune to interview a former Washington State Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna via Zoom on June 17, 2022. We talked about her new book Cipota Under the Moon, her exodus from El Salvador as a teenager during the horrific Civil War that was, in part,...
by Splabman | Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Splabman | Jun 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
(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...
by Splabman | Jun 7, 2022 | POPO
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...
by Splabman | May 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled I am with Pablo Baler’s review of my latest book Haibun de la Serna in the new edition of Exacting Clam. He was the person who introduced me to the work of Ramón Gómez de la Serna, saying my American Sentences...
