You’re invited… May 8th, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Spark Museum of Electrical Invention on Bay Street Erica Reed is a visionary. Did you know there were 18 poetry groups and open mics in our medium sized city of Bellingham? (really 19, but one can’t make it) At most I thought perhaps onlyContinueContinue reading “Event: Bellingham Poetry Gallery”
Category Archives: Madrona Grove
Story Weaver
Went for a long walk today. This year April in the Northwest is warmer than normal. The tulips lining the yards of my neighbors have already risen, bloomed and most are now just stalks of green. Apple and cherry blossoms line the street to the trail head. Digging into the trail I heard the streamContinueContinue reading “Story Weaver”
Poem: Cheap Requests
The catholic prayers of my father rise with Smoke from a veladora wick Sanctuary Series Assorted Saints only $19.99 Repeating parts that turn In a truck engine hum idle outside It is not the wind Not the ocean Not the rain As murmurs groan request Sets me in a day dream. An atom beatContinueContinue reading “Poem: Cheap Requests”
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”
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