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Theodore Roethke, 1st Cascadia Poet

I had the good fortune to interview Bill Barillas on The North American Sequence of Theodore Roethke. Sam Hamill told...

12 Stringed Mind in the Place of Sand Imbolc 2026 DaySong @ Poetry Bridge

I've been fortunate to have been offered featured readings over the last few years at Poetry Bridge, which happens at...

Ralph Towner 1940-2026

One of my greatest disappointments in life is that I never saw Ralph Towner in concert. He died today in Rome. There...

Celebration of Koon Woon

On Wednesday night at C&P Coffee Company in West Seattle, longtime Seattle poet and publisher Koon Woon was...

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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...

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Two Gigs This Week

I am not a fan of public readings in Seattle summer and ESPECIALLY during August, the month of POSTCARDS but here are...

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