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PAUL E NELSON

Sharon Thesen July 2025 Interview

Sharon Thesen July 2025 Interview

What an honor to interview Sharon Thesen. Of all the people I know, she is in the 99th percentile regarding poetry perception. She has informed my own aesthetic, uses poetry as a tool to make herself more human and is proud to be identified as a Cascadian poet. We sat...
rain shadow poetry festival

rain shadow poetry festival

I’m delighted to be going back to Cumberland, BC, to participate in the rain shadow poetry festival. This is August 22-24, 2025, and is based on the work Adelia MacWilliam did in that part of the province for the last 8 years or so with Matthew Law as one of the...
Paul @ Bradner Gardens with Jim O’Halloran

Paul @ Bradner Gardens with Jim O’Halloran

Jim O’Halloran, the flute player and Subud brother with whom I have collaborated for at least sixteen years, wrote this yesterday: I’m delighted to be returning to  Bradner Gardens Park again this year on Saturday, August 9th 6:30-8:30 PM.   The address is 1730...
Aug 9 Zoom Poetry Workshop

Aug 9 Zoom Poetry Workshop

Along with three of the editors of Winter in America (Again, I’ll be facilitating a workshop for the Arizona State Poetry Society on August 9 at 12N MST and PDT. (Confusing, I know. 12PDT.) I am delighted to be presenting material from the anthology with Katie...