by Splabman | Apr 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
In my two most recent readings of American Sentences, I used as an ordering device the month of April. I went through my manuscript and copied off all of the poems written in April that were published in my 2015 book, based on 14 years (at the time) of daily practice....
by Splabman | Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
by Splabman | Mar 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Washington State Democratic Caucus was refreshingly short today, going less than 90 minutes. We gathered at Aki Kurose Middle School, which did have its advantages. I submitted a Resolution for a Single Payer Health Care system in the U.S. and our precinct went...
by Splabman | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
World Poetry Day is March 21. Don’t feel bad, I did not know that either and it has been apparently been happening since 1999. One company is offering a cup of coffee on that day in exchange for an original poem, suggesting FEELINGS are more important than...
by Splabman | Feb 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
An East Coast Jewish Democratic Socialist is running for President of the U.S. and it would make sense that there is a connection with Allen Ginsberg, who died in 1997 and who I interviewed in 1994. A poem AG wrote for Bernie Sanders has been found, too late to appear...