Corridor’s Summer Collection: New Voices and Visual Art

The first day of summer is June 20th. Many regular contributing poets have submitted poems and art in groups of three to cover the three months. I am excited to share this collection with you over the next few months. In addition to a surplus of poetry, NEW voices are finding Corridor.

Corridor, Celebrating Creativity and Freedom of Expression

Here we are, May 2025, and the world feels upside down and sideways. Despite all this, poets are going to poet, and artist are going to art. Creative people will continue to do their part…I’m thankful to live in a country where freedom of expression is still available to its citizens.

Celebrating 25 Volumes of Corridor: A Tribute to Tom Robbins

The March edition of Corridor hits a milestone: Volume 25! So young, so innocent, and ready to take on the world. This month’s Corridor’s cover is by me, Shannon Laws, titled “Roadside Distractions Appear Along a Foggy Corridor.” It seems fitting given the current political environment in the U.S..

Heartfelt Contributions: February’s Corridor Highlights

This months Corridor takes a deeper dive into Febraury. Gives up some heart shaped food for thought on a paper platter. Here is the cover, below are the contributors. Keep your heartlight lit and your eyes searching for this piece of found art around town. Copies go out starting the first two weeks of February. Coffee shops, book stores, Little Free Libaries and the like.

November Corridor is OUT!

Corridor the FREE poetry and art zine is making its way around town. Home-printed paper copies will be placed in various Tiny Free Librays in Whatcom County, cafes, bookstores, and other shops. Keep your eyes out for them. We are trying to keep copies available at the downstairs breezeway between the Colophon Cafe and Village Books in Fairhaven. However, they go fast.

October Corridor #20: Discover Local Poetry and Art

The October Corridor #20 edition is out.  Copies will be printed and distributed throughout Whatcom County and beyond over the next two weeks.  Such a joy to read and see so many splendid submissions and art.  Keep your eyes open for them.  Cafe Blue and The Firehouse Cafe are two new independent stores where you can find copies.  As always, 5-10 copies are placed on the shelves in Fairhaven Village Books in the breezeway between the bookstore and the Colophon Cafe.  Sometimes they go FAST, so get a copy when you can.

Amazon Kindle: Madrona Grove

Hello readers! Bongo roll please— Glad to announce that my first book of poems Madrona Grove: Poems Written Under the Canopy is now available in print or Kindle on Amazon! Click the title or the photo to get to the page in a snap   It took a few days to get it properly formatted,ContinueContinue reading “Amazon Kindle: Madrona Grove”