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PAUL E NELSON

Proprioception

Proprioception

Ever since Fred Wah mentioned proprioception in an interview we did that was posted on YouTube and made into a podcast, I have been plunged back into a study of this capacity. It’s how human and animal bodies know where they are in space. Alcohol affects...
Reading w/ Jim O’Halloran Trio

Reading w/ Jim O’Halloran Trio

It was a remarkable experience reading my poems with the accompaniment of the Jim O’Halloran Trio on February 25, 2022 at Kezira Café. Jim’s a wonderful musician, bandleader and arranger. He consistently attracts quality players like D’Vonne Lewis on...
Poems for Peace

Poems for Peace

Under the auspices of my position as Chair of my spiritual community’s National Cultural Wing, SICA-USA, for 15 months (& two years before that as Secretary) I have been involved in creating programming consistent with the mission of fostering “true...
West Seattle Workshop (15-APR-2022)

West Seattle Workshop (15-APR-2022)

Thanks to the efforts of my publisher Koon Woon and Goldfish Press, I have been awarded a grant from Poets & Writers to facilitate a poetry workshop Friday, April 15 from 1- 3 pm at the Alaska House Apartments community room in West Seattle. My topic will be...