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PAUL E NELSON

PC or 21st Century?

I have had a fascinating and enlightening dialog with an editor and Disability Activist that ended up with the publication of my (slightly) edited love poem for 2016 in a e-journal that puts me in the company of some very inventive writers.  I rarely submit my poems...

Cumberland, Desolation Sound, BC

What a way to end 2016 and bring in 2017, but in a heated outdoor bathtub on the water! Bhakti and I are guests of Gary Hamilton and Adelia (Nicola) MacWilliam, as we’re working with Adelia to organize a “one-day” Cascadia Poetry Fest September 8-10,...

55. Prince (R.I.P.)

55. Prince I always thought it was “cuss, fight & bleed” as the reasons one Prince Rogers Nelson cited as warnings for parents hoping to raise healthy children but “breed.” How a Nelson could do this. Driving a white ’77 Toyota Celica listen to “XRT & this...