by Splabman | Sep 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
I am still floating from my recent visit to British Columbia, which I took for a series of events centered around Cascadian Zen Volume I. Events at the Mountain Rain Zen Center in Vancouver, the Abbey in Cumberland, the Quadra Island Community Center and time at...
by Splabman | Aug 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
I was delighted to see this note from Christopher Yohmei Blasdel: I’m thrilled to announce the streaming re-release of “Heart of Bamboo: Poetry and Music in the Zen Tradition,” featuring the poetry of Sam Hamill with my shakuhachi and Liz Falconer on...
by Splabman | Aug 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
They’re keeping me hopping this weekend and I’m delighted. Friday night at 7:30, I’ll be reading poems at the home of Joan Laage and David Thornbrugh. It’s an event called Homestage, featuring butoh artist Tadashi Endo (Germany) plus Joan...
by Splabman | Aug 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
I hope you can join me for a reading curated by Phoebe Bosche of the Raven Chronicles from 2-4pm on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at the Microsoft Auditorium of the Seattle Central Library: Take a Stand: Poets Against Hate. I am grateful to participate in this and love...
by Splabman | Aug 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’m delighted to read poems again with the backing of the Jim O’Halloran Quartet, Saturday, August 17, 2024, 7pm at Bradner Gardens. The gardens are at 1730 Bradner Place South in the Mount Baker Neighborhood. The quartet Jim has assembled to back his...