Here is the cover for the 2024 August edition of Corridor, vol 18. It is titled “Shaping My Thoughts.” Keep your eyes out for it in locally owned, independent businesses around Whatcom County and tiny free libraries in Bellingham. We will print about 60 copies and begin to hide them around town over the next 2 weeks.
What an outstanding volume this month. Very exciting! When Corridor first came out back in 2022, almost half of the poetry was mine. I looked at it as “filler” to get ten pages of poetry on the page. I’m so delighted that this little found art project is attracting other artists and poets. Still, I reserve the last page to include a poem of mine. Ya all can’t have all the fun! Thank you all for your contributions and joining me in this enchanting project!
Email me at shannon.chickadee@gmail.com to submit print-ready art or poems
Comments from readers and contributors:
“I applaud you my friend! This is a great issue.”
“The poets have provided lots of sensory and imagistic treats for our enjoyment. I like every one of the poems for that reason. I know that you work hard to make this publication a success. It seems you offer more for readers and writers with each issue. Well done.”
“This may be your best collection yet. I enjoyed reading every single one—a break from the stalled stalemate of working that I’m momentarily in. Maybe my word jetss will turn on now.”
“Very nice Shannon… You are a Godsend to the poetry world!”
“Thanks, Shannon! You’ve done it again!”
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Tyson Higel lives in Bellingham, WA where he works as a nurse. To read more of
his poetry or to say hello (yay for community!) visit tysonhi-el.mailchimpsites.com
J.I. Kleinberg lives in Bellingham, Washington, where she tears words out of
magazines and stares at them until they turn into poems. Find out more
at https://chocolateisaverb.wordpress.com or on Instagram @jikleinberg.
Linda Conroy, a Bellingham poet, and author of two poetry collections, likes to
write about the complexities of human nature and our connection to the natural
world.
Betty Scott writes poems, essays, and short stories, and is currently focused on
her 4th collection of poems and a poetic collection of essays.
Lúthien Tamminga shares, “Writing is how I keep in touch with my soul and sit
with my emotions. I hope my poems make you feel safe, like writing them does for
me.”
James Bertolino and Anita K. Boyle. Bertolino and Boyle sat beside the Noon Road
pond, and wrote words in a journal about that extraordinary microcosm. They have
been forever changed.
Nancy Canyon’s books: “Saltwater” (poetry), “Celia’s Heaven” (novel), and forthcoming, “Struck: A Season on a Fire Lookout” (memoir). Nancy teaches writing and
painting in her historic Fairhaven art studio. www.nancycanyon.com
Clare-Alana Ford: Graduating from Chichester Conservatoire of Music as a singer,
Clare harbors a deep love for poetry (& Shakespeare). She is England born and
currently resides in Vancouver with her cat Tybalt. Instagram: @oh_indigo
Taya Sanderson Kesslau believes that beauty will save the world, and poetry,
cookies, and kindness. She lives in Fairhaven with her sweet husband and their
many 4-legged creatures.
Lynn Geri lives in Bellingham… dreaming of flowers that taught her about beauty
and how a garden’s four corner structure taught her a way to seek understanding.
Shannon Laws 2018 poetry album features $1 poems. Find it here:
chickadeeproductions.bandcamp.com/album/you-love-me-you-love-me-not
Kathleen A. McKeever has published two books of poetry, available at Village
Books or Bellingham Washington Public Library, “Lightbound” and “Body/Today”.
Anonymous says they hope their art stimulates conversation regarding A.I. as an
artist expression.
Jeffrey Hanson and his wife, Marilyn, left Ohio in 2019 where he taught for
Hocking College and Ohio University. He’s retired now and lives in Sudden Valley.
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