This poem was inspired by something said in a talk given by Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo, the man who founded the...
510. Divine Comedian
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509. Dream Anagrams
This postcard poem went overseas, so good to give it two months before posting here. I think in future years I may...
Bowering/Stanley on Cascadia
I was pleasantly surprised to be tagged on Facebook in a post that promoted a podcast by New Star Books of Vancouver....
508. Crater Glacier (Power Animal)
The largest category of (August Poetry Postcard Fest) cards I send out, in terms of the image, feature Coastal Salish...
After The Japanese (End)
I had no idea when I started this series that it would end with me writing poems about my Father's death on Mother's...
507. Goodbye Queets
Poem #2 in the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest. (Audio here.)
After the Japanese 95-98
Near the very end of this series of 100 poems my Father died. (May 11, 2014) I'd not experienced much death in my life...
15 Year Anniversary of Lost in the Woods
This September (2015) marks the 15th anniversary of my Lost in the Woods episode. I went on a solo backpacking trip in...
Some 2015 Postcard Highlights
Autumn came in with a bang yesterday, three weeks early. (Damage is said to be in the tens of millions of dollars.)...
506. Curved Projections
This is the first "official" poetry postcard of mine for 2015, year 9. I sent out one "practice card" to someone from...
After The Japanese 91-94
Getting to the end of this series that I've been posting here 4 at a time for months. The flashbacks are intense and...
Model Session
It has been about 15 years since I last sat for painters, one of them Joan Treat, who created this painting which I...