The vision quests in our culture are usually unintentional. We have, by and large, rejected the ancient needs for...
How to Not Get Lost Backpacking
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Paul E Nelson Blog
The State of Seattle Poetry (Online Panel)
Greg Bem and Amber Nelson have asked me to convene the first of many online panels on poetry they plan to produce...
1st Crop of 2013 American Sentences
One function of my practice of writing a daily American Sentence is as a journal. I will go back to these not for the...
Pirates of Cascadia
There is something about the San Juan Islands that lets a Midwest boy understand he is in Cascadia. When the view out...
Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo
I got up early today and had some time to think (& write a poem) after doing my morning routine of journaling...
Soundcloud Interview Clips
How does one communicate the essence of three decades of conducting interviews? I have had to do that, and quick, as a...
The Next Big Thing (Self-Interview)
I was tagged by C.E. Putnam for this project, the Next Big Thing self-interview. I tagged 6 other writers whose work I...
Ghost Tantras (Ceremonies to Change The Nature of Reality)
It was early in 2012 that I finally acted on my interest in sound poetry. I had heard Dada sound poems, Jerome...
Celebrating Ian Boyden (80. Bear Dream Bird Dream)
When Sam Hamill read at Spring Street Center back in November 2012 to celebrate and display his collaborations with...
More Walking the Arboretum with Jim Demetre
A second and, hopefully, shorter post about my walk with Jim Demetre at Washington Park Arboretum. What a place this...
Walking the Arboretum in Winter with Jim
Each morning I look over last year's journal entry for the same day and it had been a year since I walked through...
Shave and a Slight Cut, $10K
So I have to tell the story of finding out about my surgery date for the two, count ‘em, TWO hernias I have being...