by Splabman | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
For three years now since Sept 2022, I have written a day-long poem in a ritual that I’ve come to call the DaySong. There is much information about my history with this project here: https://paulenelson.com/daysong/ I tend to write two a year, one around Labor...
by Splabman | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dear Friend in Poetry, Labor Day is over. The 19th Poetry Postcard Fest is over and I’ve written another daysong. After doing one of these all-day poem-writing rituals, it’s about all I can think about for a while. Fortunately the good folks at the...
by Splabman | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Splabman | Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Splabman | Aug 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...