In the year 2001, after the tragic events of that September, and only about five years under my belt as a...
Sharon Thesen on Re-Wilding (Re-Worlding)
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Paul E Nelson Blog
SW Road Trip Haibun: Holiday in Quemado
The road has its own demands. Make plans, the road reserves the right to laugh. Hail. Close. Be patrolled with...
Bringhurst on Cascadia
I've re-watched the video of the panel on which Robert Bringhurst participated at the recent Cascadia Poetry Festival....
After The Japanese 69-72
The poems after more than a year now, seem so out of place when viewed from this "heat wave" point of view. (84 now as...
Joanne Kyger Reads Easter & Other Poems
Joanne Kyger Interview in Bolinas, CA, Memorial Day, 2015 One of the major women poets of the SF Renaissance, Joanne...
Amalio Madueño in Taos
The purpose of my recent (massive) road trip to the SW and back was to visit Amalio Madueño, who has lived there since...
Duwamish Revealed
Ever since Greg Bem arrived in Seattle from Philadelphia he has been a literary dynamo, presenting and participating...
Cascadia to Taos
OK, I'm back. It was 4,167 miles in Que (my Honda) to Portland, Boise (via John Day River watershed in Oregon), to...
Make It True Readings (dan raphael interview)
The effort to get the word out about Make It True: Poetry from Cascadia begins in Portland, with a reading organized...
ATJ 65-68
I love this notion of pre-bedtime suggestions. I have been doing that the last few months, or more based on the latest...
50 Days til Postcards
I am starting to get emails about the August Poetry Postcard Fest. Questions like: 1) Is the fest on this year? (Yes)....
Wildcrafting Seward Park
You think of the term "gardener" and something mild is evoked, perhaps an older person, but use the term "wildcrafter"...