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PAUL E NELSON

Dragonfly Resurrection (Haibun de la Serna #31)

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/33050303″] Dragonfly Resurrection by Paul Nelson 3 Dragonfly Resurrection Horse flies are smudges on the air. – Ramón Gomez de la Serna Dragonflies are silent fireworks. Into the heart of a carnivore we go...

LARFP and PAC 2026

Paul E Nelson Founder of the Cascadia Poetics LAB and the Cascadia Poetry Festival, Paul was a professional broadcaster from 1980 to 2006, and researched, hosted and produced over 450 original public affairs radio programs (1993-2004) and over 300 additional...
C&P Coffee Company Dec 11 7pm

C&P Coffee Company Dec 11 7pm

I’m one of the featured readers on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at C&P Coffee Company, 5612 California Ave SW. The monthly open mic, facilitated by Leopoldo Seguel, has invited me yet again and I will read from my last DaySong writing ritual. I am grateful...
Larry Lawrence at Jack Straw

Larry Lawrence at Jack Straw

Writing a blurb for a friend or associate’s book is a difficult task. One has to be compelling, has to have some credibility regarding knowledge of the book’s content and has to have a call to act, or at least be memorable. So many blurbs today are, as one...
Bradner Gardens Reading, Margin Shift

Bradner Gardens Reading, Margin Shift

It might be the 56 Days of August, but I’ll take a break from writing postcards for a moment to read at two local cultural events that I’ve been part of before. Margin Shift: Friends in Poetry has been a “movable feast” for the better part of a...