Click to listen to the KPNW “Into the Arts” interview https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cvnhN–xZWiaQ5CvrYovce_EhjuOaIgh After announcing that I was not returning to community radio production this fall, Jeannie Gilbert, station manager of KPNW-DB digital radio, invited me over to her studio to share my swan song. In 2011 I woke up put a turtleneck on and was like,ContinueContinue reading “Interview: Into The Arts KPNW-DB”
Author Archives: Shannon Laws
Poem: Why I Can’t Have Good Things
Why I Can’t Have Good Things By Shannon P. Laws I overwatered my plant yesterday The liquid flooded over my fail proof double-layered system a concave plastic trivet atop a faded Christmas cookie plate adopted decades ago at a bake sale from a forgotten charity It was hot all this week and the dirt gaveContinueContinue reading “Poem: Why I Can’t Have Good Things”
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Poem: Committed
Committed By Shannon P. Laws Glazed eyes search for the right word It runs from you scared of what you might do to it A crowbar works at the hinge Pats of butter melt under the skin Bowl of round berries feeds flies While the smell of an idea the breath of aContinueContinue reading “Poem: Committed”
Poem: Words Work
Words Work by Shannon P. Laws Consume whole sentences into your being by writers who never flew, can’t be true Hide in ignorance, uneducated writers that mass of writers Eat those words Dotted on the page set for the digestive tract turned for blood I wallow in my own mind this clay ofContinueContinue reading “Poem: Words Work”
Sharing Poetry at Kendall Elementary
On March 8th historian and award-winning fiction author, Janet Oakley and I visited Kendall Elementary to share an introduction to poetry and encourage 4th graders to write their own poetry. This project is inspired by the depression era Civilian Conservation Corps statue dedication. On June 16, 2018, at the Glacier Ranger Station built by CCC workers, the statueContinueContinue reading “Sharing Poetry at Kendall Elementary”
Event: Encore You Love Me, You Love Me Not
You’re invited… June 19th, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. *AT THE HONEYMOON MEAD BAR* Encore performance! Poet Shannon Laws hosts a Honeymoon poetry OPEN MIC followed by her “You Love Me, You Love Me Not” beat poetry program accompanied by stand up bassist, Greg Sherman. Shannon’s fresh sense of humor and quietly erotic poetryContinueContinue reading “Event: Encore You Love Me, You Love Me Not”
Poem: Votive
Votive by Shannon P. Laws Candle burns into a puddle of cinnamon Flame sorts through the fallen A pile in the back of the yard The unusable parts of me Makes way for stalks To break burnt soil #
Poem: TAPE
TAPE by Shannon P. Laws Woo that worm out Open your mouth over a warm bowl of cream And wait Say goodbye to the dark home Coil out from the foreign body Tell the cold words To back out of my heart
Event: Honeymoon Open Mic
You’re invited to the event of a lifetime… Tuesday, June 19 at 8:30 PM – 10 PM at the Honeymoon, 1053 N State St, Bellingham WA Encore performance! Poet Shannon Laws hosts a Honeymoon poetry OPEN MIC followed by her “You Love Me, You Love Me Not” beat poetry program accompanied by stand up bassist, Greg Sherman. Shannon’s freshContinueContinue reading “Event: Honeymoon Open Mic”
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