This poem was read at the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival, at the After Party, May 3, 2014, at Spring Street Center and...
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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...
What Drives Cascadia Culture?
Part of the reason we chose the headliners we did for the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival is because my short...
IndieGoGo for Cascadia Poetry Fest
We're starting a crowd-sourcing campaign! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cascadia-poetry-festival The 2nd...
Zappa, Dead at 17
Zappa came into my life in the middle of 1997 and we estimated his birthday at April 1, 1997. He was a remarkable cat....
Warning: CA Conrad Trigger Warnings
I read with some amusement poet CA Conrad's Facebook status complaining about a request that he offer "Trigger...
Notes On Gone South
I was given a charge by Michael McClure when I started my graduate work as an independent study student in 2004. He...