by Splabman | Feb 21, 2012 | POPO
Poetry Postcard Exercise Ted Berrigan, Robin Blaser and Jack Spicer are among the more notable poets to engage in such a project. Berrigan’s book of them (A Certain Slant on Sunlight) was completed six months before his death in 1983. Alice Notley wrote: the cards as...
by Splabman | Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
The new state Poet Laureate, Kathleen Flenniken asked me to help get the word out about her focus as the 2nd Poet Laureate of the state of Washington, the state poetry questionnaire. I agreed and put the application on the SPLAB website and then filled one out myself....
by Splabman | Feb 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
So, I found my pocket journal that went from October 13, 2011 to January 17, 2012. It was a scary moment when I couldn’t find it for various reasons. I do not want to think about how a lost journal would have imperiled the early harvest of American Sentences....
by Splabman | Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
By the time you read this, I will have likely performed as part of the 2nd piece of the Four Hoarse Men SOundPO project. (See video of the first project here.) Although due to scheduling we’re three tonight, Greg Bem, Jason Conger and I are utilizing Personal...
by Splabman | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Things are getting close to critical here on the Nelson home front, with Ella Roque due on March 10 and the Cascadia Poetry Festival coming up March 23-25.We could use more registrations for that event and with the lineup we have, $50 for a complete weekend gold pass...
