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486. Tormenta Gigante
My recent trip to Mexico was quite an experience. My real first visit since I was a little boy (I did see the airport...
485. El Espejo
Another 2014 August postcard poem today and some of the background. One of the first really powerful moments for me at...
Levertov, Postcards & Language of Birds
As I have mentioned in previous posts, I used epigraphs by Denise Levertov for all my postcard poems in 2014, and...
Cracker Climate Refugees Coming to Cascadia
Was going over last year's journal entry for this date and came across John Olson's wonderful birthday poem for me, as...
483. Iniciador
My poems written in Mexico in August are starting to arrive at their intended destinations and so I continue with the...
The Postcards I Got
At last count, forty poetry postcards came my way as part of the 2014 August Poetry Postcard Fest. Having just...
Stephen Collis, Cascadia Po Fest Closing Reading
One of the high points for me at the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival May 2014, at Seattle U and Spring Street Center in...
482. Corset Warrior Armor
This is the first of my poems written in Mexico for the 2014 August Poetry Postcard Fest. For more details on all the...
Postcards From the Wilderness
I got back yesterday from a short (annual) backpacking trip to the Olympic National Wilderness. I have tried each year...
481. Dispatch From the Fringe
This is the second of two intentional collage poems I wrote during the 2014 August Poetry Postcard Fest. (More on all...
480. More Dead Air
Inspiration for this poem came, in part, from a dream.