Thanks to Koon Woon of Goldfish Press and Leopoldo Seguel of Poetry Bridge, the official launch of my new book Haibun...
Haibun de la Serna Official Launch
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Runes, Revision, Wyrd
It is such a satisfying feeling when I draw the rune Laguz during my daily morning divination. I draw a rune daily as...
Making Peace (Journal of the Plague Years)
Journal of the Plague Years saw fit to publish my poem Making Peace, about the Russian invasion of Ukraine:...
Greg Bem Reviews Haibun de la Serna
Huge thanks to Greg Bem who has authored a five star review of Haibun de la Serna. CINCO ESTRELLAS in the immortal...
Poetry for Ukraine
I recently participated in a couple of readings dedicated to addressing the Russian war in Ukraine. One event I had a...
Poetics as Cosmology (Talk given to Cal State L.A., March 21, 2022)
We do what we know before we know what we do. Charles Olson,as quoted by Robert Creeley inpoets of the cities of new...
Proprioception
Ever since Fred Wah mentioned proprioception in an interview we did that was posted on YouTube and made into a...
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...
Poems for Peace
Under the auspices of my position as Chair of my spiritual community's National Cultural Wing, SICA-USA, for 15 months...
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 &...
SICA-USA Poems for Peace
Andrew Hall and Adelia MacWilliam are two people helping me curate a series of...
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...