SICA, the Subud International Cultural Association is delighted to welcome El Habib Louai to the Northwest for...
Moroccan Poet El Habib Louai Visits Seattle
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Paul E Nelson Blog
June 11 Nanaimo Workshop
I have been fortunate to be able to travel to much of Cascadia. Sometimes I get to share the fruit of my research on...
Interrupture’s Trope Opera
This email came from Doug Nufer and Interrupture. (See below). Interrupture was part of the first Puget Sound Poetry,...
Joe Friday’s Harbor
Here's the latest Pig War poem.
Lightning Round (Short Poem Fiesta)
I am not sure when we started it, or how it started, but a tradition from the old SPLAB during the first few...
Notes on Anuncio’s Last Love Song (Nate Mackey)
Notes on Anuncio’s Last Love Song by Nate Mackey When we last left Nate Mackey’s poetry with the book Nod House, our...
86. Paulownia Tomentosa
I have heard much over the years about Jack Remick's writing group. That he's the feature of our 13th Ginsberg...
Kwame Dawes, Youth Speaks Seattle
Last night (Friday, May 3, 2013) I attended the Kwame Dawes reading at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. I was invited...
Latest American Sentences
I was looking at the stats for this website yesterday and stunned to find over 5,000 hits on American Sentences, by...
85. Soul’s Same Ol’ (Over n Over)
It doesn't take much exposure to the work of Nate Mackey to propel me into my own poetic orbit. Perhaps as a gesture...
Hold The House Sparrow (translation)
The haibun I wrote for Maleea Acker (84. Hold The House Sparrow) has been translated into Chinese. I got this...
David Abel Tether, Float, Spare Room, 13 Hats
For years I was on the email list of Portland poet David Abel. The range of events promoted on that list went from...