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Event: Poetry Reading

You are invited~   Everett Poetry Night at Café Zippy 6/25/2015, 7:00-10:00 p.m. 2811 Wetmore Ave, Everett, WA This event kicks off my summer tour.  (More dates to follow) If you’re in the area please consider stopping by for some words and really good soup at the hosting cafe.  Thank you emcee Duane Kirby Jensen.  

Poem / Song: When We Gather

  There’s a revolution flowing through us when we gather it is screaming to be free     There’s a revelation flowing through us when we gather it is screaming to be free -SPL   More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray   #

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”

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”

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”

Poem: A Skin Suit Sewn Too Tightly

  Red rock of Bisbee calls the ghosts out as a doctor sucks poison from a bite Back come the dead to walk again reincarnation of secondhand spirits —as secondhand furniture The dresser is painted now The couch new cloth The set of chairs split apart The headboard used for vines In your years ofContinueContinue reading “Poem: A Skin Suit Sewn Too Tightly”