Author Archives: Shannon Laws

Winter Prayer

This morning the sky changed.  The wind came from a different direction than what I was used to, catching me by surprise and creating a sense of curiosity within me.  The trees I walked under moved and swayed to the song of the wind, making for a lovely dance.  The wind combed threw the branchesContinueContinue reading “Winter Prayer”

Poetry: September Bellingham

Down the hill my city sitsWaves nip at its hairFreeway scratches the bellyMountains hold down its hipLow mist rolled in early,refuses to leave this coveDown into the clouds I walk,floating up into a subdued worldHere exhales are marked,Talk can be seenSun baths buildings in a peach-warm glowas it fights the floating moisturethat crowns my September BellinghamNoon-thirty,visibility stillContinueContinue reading “Poetry: September Bellingham”

Chemical Warfare

Last Saturday, September 21st, was the International Day of Peace.  With that said, today’s blog is about two women who hate each other so much, they pass gas whenever they are near each other.  Yes, this story is about farts.  Not just any kind of farts, but farts in the workplace. This is a realContinueContinue reading “Chemical Warfare”

Event: Fairhaven Art Block Party

Come one, come all to the first annual Fairhaven Art Block Party!Spontaneous street poetry provided by the Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater.This festival is designed to spotlight the wonderful artistic community in the  historic district of Fairhaven.I’ll be one of the street poets, with my book Madrona Grove in hand.**See you there**

Bong Ja Ahn’s Paper Boat

This Labor Day Weekend I was up in Vancouver, Canada for a book launch “Poet and the Paper Boat” by Korean poet Bong Ja Ahn.  The book is the second in her English-Korean Poetry Anthology.  This was a beautiful event held at a community center, upstairs in a corner room.  Large windows and balcony doorsContinueContinue reading “Bong Ja Ahn’s Paper Boat”

Event: Tagore Festival

West Coast Tagore Festival 2013Tagore, b.May 7, 1861- d.August 7 1941,  Indian poet, short-story writer, song composer, novelist, playwright, essayist, and painter.  Tagore was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its “profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse”, he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and theContinueContinue reading “Event: Tagore Festival”

Poetry: Robert Lashley

“Boards occupy a space between the mind andthe construction of the temporal. Cadences.” R.LashleyRobert Lashley Robert Lashley Robert LashleyLace covered lamp shade winksAs you walk toward the micCeiling fan squeaks approval of your presence Coffee shop poets snap anticipationAs your hand finds your poemIn a notebook of poemsNoble Prince of PoetryRoyal Performer of WordsNational ManagerContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Robert Lashley”

Poetry: Evening Walk

EVENING WALKIn an evening walkI’ll calculate my next moveCoordinate my conversationsConsider the risksConceive inspirationAn evening walk willTidy my headWarm my heartMake my nose runRed scarf flies like a flagOf freedom and lifeWrapped around meCoiled across my mouthThat’s speaking only fogUnder the street lightsI travel across timeThe sidewalk is my pathStreet signs guide meThe alleyway homeLightsContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Evening Walk”