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PAUL E NELSON

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...
SICA-USA Poems for Peace

SICA-USA Poems for Peace

Andrew Hall and Adelia MacWilliam are two people helping me curate a series of online readings that were conceived of by SICA, the Subud International Cultural Association. Subud is the spiritual community with which I have been associated since 2004. The Zoomuse...
Galactic Travel in Rainier Beach

Galactic Travel in Rainier Beach

What a delight to see the careful unveiling of community in this neighborhood where Bhakti and I have lived for over 4 years. The neighborhood is Rainier Beach and we live across the street from a large public housing complex with many East African immigrants. Mapes...