Author Archives: Shannon Laws

Event: WWU Erotic Poetry Night

You are invited to Erotic Poetry Night April 16th 7-9 p.m. @ The Underground Coffeehouse, WWU, Bellingham, WA What is Erotic Poetry Night?  The Associated Students Sexual Awareness Center on the campus of Western Washington University hosts this popular event.  Basically, it is a poetry reading laced with “safe sex” PSA’s.  I had the opportunityContinueContinue reading “Event: WWU Erotic Poetry Night”

Meet Poet Dee Dee Chapman

The first time I heard Dee Dee share her poetry was in 2011 at the infamous Poetry Night Open Mic when it was located at the Amadeus Project on Cornwall.  She had the guts to walk up on stage and share a process poem about an intimate subject matter, then return to her chair likeContinueContinue reading “Meet Poet Dee Dee Chapman”

Event: A Night at the Gallery

You are invited to A Night at the Gallery Saturday March 21st, 7:00 p.m. “BRD recently received incredible community support for a new choreographic project with Seattle modern dance great, Mary Sheldon Scott. Join the dancers of Bellingham Repertory Dance and choreographer Scott on Saturday, March 21st for a unique performance in the Western Gallery.ContinueContinue reading “Event: A Night at the Gallery”

Poetry Contest: 2015 Sue C. Boynton

It’s that time of the year again!  Get your poems out and count your syllables.  Here are deadlines for the Sue C. Boynton poetry contest: Submissions open: Sunday, March 1, 2015 Submission deadline: 6:00 pm, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Winners notified by phone or e-mail: by April 30, 2015 Awards ceremony: Thursday, May 14, 201ContinueContinue reading “Poetry Contest: 2015 Sue C. Boynton”

Event: Clover Reading

You are invited to the Independent Writers’ Studio’s publication Clover A Literary Rag Winter Vol 8 reading This publication is published in Bellingham, Washington, but accepts submissions from poets and writers located all over the nation. Every year as word get out, the book grows in  proportion.  This is my second time appearing in theContinueContinue reading “Event: Clover Reading”

Poetry Book: Odd Little Things

This book was a lifesaver. Written over the years of late 2012-2014 the poetry that emerged from my finger tips started to take a new direction.  Nature and love topics will always be on my forethought, but objects like a pole, a cinnamon roll and a rain drop on a porch at night attacked myContinueContinue reading “Poetry Book: Odd Little Things”

Poem: Comforter

Soft fog is silent atop Lake Samish The sleepy water snores against its shore Glacier waters bounce off rock-face leaping down into the warm bed like cold feet. The lake sits as milk on the bottom of the bowl A ring of jagged evergreens holds it all down I squint and the view is aContinueContinue reading “Poem: Comforter”

DNA Part Five: How Do You Identify?

This morning I’m reviewing my results from 23andMe.  I’m feeling frustrated and exhausted. Starting to wonder if I am an alien baby thrown from a space ship as it was circling the sun.  The results came back on Thanksgiving 2014, but the closest relative located is a third cousin; we have four segments in commonContinueContinue reading “DNA Part Five: How Do You Identify?”

Poem: Groaning with Graffiti

In the style of Denise Levertov, poet (1923-1997) Three years the poem of your body, of my eyes upon your body of my hands reading each muscle— Stroking, sweeping the scent in the rite of worship, going down from the beat of a neck vein, along broad shoulders, twisted hair trail, belly to cock. ForContinueContinue reading “Poem: Groaning with Graffiti”