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PAUL E NELSON

Postcard Poem as Ofrenda

Postcard Poem as Ofrenda

After I suggested this title as the June 15, 2023, talk to be given at the Altar/Alter project, I realized that what I meant was more like milagro or folk charm, though one could make the case that poetry postcards are like little sacred planes on which we place our...
Postcards on the Altar

Postcards on the Altar

I am delighted to be part of an ambitious event being produced by Greg Bem, Eric Acosta, Amy Hirayama, and Denny Stern. Three of the four are postcard poets and all are energetic members of the Seattle literary community.  Altar/Alter is: “an installation and...
A Winter Solstice Reading

A Winter Solstice Reading

Over the past ten+ years my friend the poet and librarian Greg Bem has created some of the most inventive poetry gatherings I have ever experienced. One that involved divination and chance procedures. Several that have happened in public places with passers-by hanging...
Baler Reviews Haibun de la Serna

Baler Reviews Haibun de la Serna

I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled I am with Pablo Baler’s review of my latest book Haibun de la Serna in the new edition of Exacting Clam. He was the person who introduced me to the work of Ramón Gómez de la Serna, saying my American Sentences...
Full Earth Day Agenda

Full Earth Day Agenda

Cascadia Poetics Lab Board Member Jason Wirth and I are leading a clean-up of Chinook Beach Park on Friday, April 22 from 1-3pm. We will have some garbage bags and a couple of pickers, but feel free to bring some work gloves and help us keep this amazing pocket park...