I was searching for my interview with Robin Blaser online and it appears the link that was the best, from Lou...
Robin Blaser’s Last Interview
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Paul E Nelson Blog
Gig Alert! Seattle Center, Rainier Valley, Tacoma
Gigs Ahoy! I'll be participating in several readings over the next few weeks. I'll have manuscript versions of Pig War...
Hillman City Haibun 8 (Resistance is Futile)
The photo did not crash the internet, but got my friends talking, or expressing concern from Seattle to Cuba to Moscow...
Albulhassan, Clark, Greco, Triese Chapbooks
I am so envious of these four chapbooks and delighted they were gifts recently given to me. All from Cascadians and...
Cascadian Spirituality
I should not have been so naïve to think a post that referenced religion would have gone by without someone reacting...
Hillman City Haibun 7, Father, Lawns, Bangs, Chickens
Going through Fatherhood a second time, there are many notions that go through my mind on a regular basis. One is what...
After The Japanese 37-40
I'm going over the manuscript of these poems written last year, a few at a time, and marveling at how prolific was one...
The Sacramental Aspect of Habitation
“And that is what a poet Is, children, one who creates Sacramental relationships That last always.” - Kenneth Rexroth...
Happy Birthday Danika Dinsmore
A happy birthday today to SPLAB Co-Founder Danika Dale Dinsmore, who co-founded the SPLAB project with me in 1997 (not...
Hillman City Haibun (Walkin’, Lichen)
As I noted in my last haibun post, walks = poetry. If you do not get a poem when walking, you have not walked long...
After The Japanese 33-36
It was interesting when first meeting San Francisco poet Kevin Killian, whose name I would occasionally see on the...
Hillman, Columbia City Lit Crawl
The pub crawl is a tradition that goes back to the 19th century. A group gets together and drinks in a series of bars....