by Paul Nelson | Jun 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Since my Dad died on May 11, there have been a lot of thoughts of him that have gone through my head, as you can imagine. With the help of Subud and the latihan kedjiwaan I have been able to do targeted grief work (that no doubt is tied into his successful ascension...
by Paul Nelson | May 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I wrote a more extensive birthday post for Sam Hamill’s 70th last year (see this) and this year I took a page (or three) out of the Book of Rexroth for Sam. You can see more of my engagements with this amazing poet and man here. Happy Birthday Sam.
by Paul Nelson | Apr 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
We’re starting a crowd-sourcing campaign! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cascadia-poetry-festival The 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival at Seattle U and Spring Street Center May 1-4, 2014, is the biggest project my non-profit corporation has attempted in 20...
by Paul Nelson | Feb 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
An interesting confluence of events in my life the last couple of weeks which involve a bit of poetics, a bit from one of my recent interviews, Facebook discussions and Feminism. And involves Charles Olson. A recent Facebook thread was started by Sam Hamill, was liked...
by Paul Nelson | Dec 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Our recent family road trip to Southern California (or SoCal as the car ads and meteorologists there say) and back had its share of beauty and difficulty. My Cousin Steve O’Connell gave us a week at his time-share condo in Dana Point and we regularly had sunsets...
