The magical December volume of the poetry zine Corridor will be out next weekend. On the cover is a picture aligned with the old saying “visualize world peace”. Found art is hope incarnated. It hopes that whoever finds it will be slightly better, their vector adjusted perhaps by one degree towards “Better.” Whatever “better” isContinueContinue reading “Corridor for December”
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Au jus
However, the backdrop for this poem is not what most marble is used for, a god in crisis or an ancient emperor. Instead it is a four hour visit with my mom at her cabin, watching her cook a simple roast beef lunch. Ordinary and extraordinary all at the same time. Love does that.
The Showbear Family Circus
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Thank you The Showbear Family Circus ( http://lanceschaubert.org/ ) Lancelot Schaubert’s and Tara Schaubert’s liberal arts circus, for including my poems, Crab, Grandmas Closet, and The Bog in your November 2, 2020 edition. Your website stimulates the senses. Selected articles, short stories, poems, words jump off the page!ContinueContinue reading “The Showbear Family Circus”
Day 65: One Hundred Million Suns
https://youtu.be/6zHhDduJcFk “What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.” Warren Buffett Guessing by the news last week, Whatcom County will be asked to shelter in place another month. I didn’t think we had it that bad. Of the 1055 deaths in our state, Whatcom has experienced only 36. Today the totalContinueContinue reading “Day 65: One Hundred Million Suns”
Day 38: Raw Poetry
https://youtu.be/sJ-0XV9SRZU Northwest Washington is experiencing some rain this week. Most of us are well equipped for walking in the rain, but if you can find a sunshine break to get in a mile or more of a walk it is perfect! The monthly poetry discussion group I’ve been apart of since October 2015 is meetingContinueContinue reading “Day 38: Raw Poetry”
Day 17: New Normal
https://youtu.be/1HHDvYNbZ9U Yesterday I did not journal. After early coffee and breakfast, I hit the ground running with work, both at home, zooming, and on sites, and went grocery shopping. When the day ended I watched some “Outlander” and went to bed early. Out And About Must admit, it was nice to get out and driveContinueContinue reading “Day 17: New Normal”
Poem: Unfinished Basement
Unfinished Basement By Shannon Laws Figure out how I fit in your world as I discover the shape of your heart push me into your foreign form as the chalk line between us dulls Memory foam bed faces north in your cold unfinished basement headboard is bare drywall with taped-over nails primer and mud aContinueContinue reading “Poem: Unfinished Basement”
KPNW-DB RADIO Interview
https://www.mixcloud.com/KPNW_db/ep-7-into-the-arts-with-shannon-laws/ Ep 7 – May 2019 -Shannon Laws sits down with me to share her latest venture, an album of her Poetry/music titled “You Love Me, You Love Me Not”. This collection is a satire and embellishment of very real relationships, explores the adult dating experience, it carries the listener through a muddy mess ofContinueContinue reading “KPNW-DB RADIO Interview”
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”
Interview: Bellingham Alive
Here it is! Better late than never. Folks were asking for the link to the Bellingham Alive article (November 2017 issue) by KATE GALAMBOS. Kate touched on my writing, radio and Poem Booth work. Thank you Kate, and THANK YOU Bellingham Alive for placing me next to my crush Rick Steves! http://northsoundlife.com/lifestyle/exploring-human-condition-art/ Bellingham has its artisticContinueContinue reading “Interview: Bellingham Alive”
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