My Aunt Barbara Rose O'Connell died on Super Bowl Sunday, 2007, and there were ceremonies in Glendora, California,...
Pop at Aunt Barbara’s Coffin
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Paul E Nelson Blog
George Stanley on Innovation
One of the most powerful events of the recent Cascadia Poetry Festival (Cascadia II) was the panel: Cascadian Poetics:...
Paul E. Nelson Sr. Dead at 85
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on December 27, 1928, Paul Everett Nelson Senior died today in his sleep in his home on...
Cascadia Poets Get a Taste of the Latihan
I've been asked by the Subud community to write about the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival, which happened May 1-4, 2014...
Happy 71st Sam Hamill
I wrote a more extensive birthday post for Sam Hamill's 70th last year (see this) and this year I took a page (or...
USAmerica (After Allen Ginsberg)
This poem was read at the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival, at the After Party, May 3, 2014, at Spring Street Center and...
Cascadia 2 Starts Today
So the Cascadia Poetry Fest articles and blog posts are now popping, see Paul Constant in the Stranger with an article...
Covington Library 6P Apr 23
On Wednesday, April 23rd at 7PM, at the Covington Library, 27100 164th Ave SE, Covington, WA 98042, I'll be bringing...
Cascadian EcoPoetics
The term Ecopoetics has been in vogue since about the turn of the century. Beyond the well-known "nature poem" I take...
Joe Chiveney and Cathy Visser
The SPLAB Board President, Joe Chiveney, has been an incredible asset since joining SPLAB a few years ago. I joke that...
Marion Kimes Dead at 84
I started investigating the Seattle Open Mic scene in 1994 and soon found a home at Red Sky Poetry Theater. I attended...
American Sentence (Zappa Elegy) Compilation
As you may have read, my beloved cat Zappa died last Sunday (3.30.14) and Peter Munro said the next night we'd hoist...