This issue of Corridor reflects on the change in the natural world and our inner lives. The poems move through autumn winds, aging, memory, and renewal, reminding us that we are always in motion, always between what fades and what begins again.
Tag Archives: Shannon Laws
Where it’s at Predictions
Everyone’s trying to figure out WHAT is going to happen in 2024. It’s where it’s at. Here is a list of my predictions for 2024 and beyond regarding America, society, the planet, and other things like popular gift items in the 25th century. Let me know if you think I’m close in the comments.
Day 350: Absorption
A shift that has started in my writing is absorption. For the previous decade, poems came to me, loudly, processing through my mind and body and shooting out my fingertips to the page. I appreciated the clarity of the thought. What’s happening now is I hear the poem and just friggin’ savor it.
Thank you Cirque Journal
Reviewing my submissions and acceptances for 2020 tonight and holy moly I forgot about a publication in the 20th issue of Cirque Journal! Such a beautiful PNW Rim magazine. CLICK HERE–> Cirque, Vol. 10 No. 2, page 74, Published on Apr 11, 2020A literary journal for the North Pacific Rim Cirque brings together the finestContinueContinue reading “Thank you Cirque Journal”
Day 25: You Are Here
https://youtu.be/_q9MpiacZs4 Today Washington State is 3 weeks and 3 days into the COVID-19 lockdown. Strange moments remind me what universe I am in. My son went to get some groceries and I rush over to him before he left, “Take a face mask! They might not let you into the store without one!” People willContinueContinue reading “Day 25: You Are Here”
Event: Mother’s Day Celebration Big Rock Garden
You’re invited~ Poetry in a park? YES! This year it was my job to gather poets for the 23rd annual Big Rock Mother’s Day event. I’m so thankful to present this stellar list of exceptional poets from the Bellingham area and one fabulous poet-mother from Seattle, Ibtihal Mahmood. Ibtihal is a Chairperson at IMIA -ContinueContinue reading “Event: Mother’s Day Celebration Big Rock Garden”
Poem: The Field
The Field Bushes of death-berries near the bus stop begged me to take their picture last week. Branches whip their winter fruit, heavy at the end, as proud as a child holding summer’s vanilla cone. Proud they are plump, ready for the eating, stiff sticks shake nervous in the morning fog— Remember us, this field of us!ContinueContinue reading “Poem: The Field”
Event: Get Lit
You’re invited~ Cafe Bouzingo’s “Get Lit” Featuring poet Shannon Laws 6:30 p.m. Sunday, November 22 at 1209 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, Washington. Get Lit! is Café Bouzingo’s weekly poetry show. Every Sunday, sign up starts at 6:30 p.m., join the crew at Café Bouzingo for an evening of spoken word — local and nationally renowned touring poetsContinueContinue reading “Event: Get Lit”
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”
Christmas Eve Walk
The legs of the pier were standing on the sky. The bay water thick, and the activity of what plays in it a mystery to my eye. Clouds and patches of blue, just fainting from the late afternoon, spread over the waves. Sky dancing on the SeaVarious sea fowl floated along, feet paddle as rudders,ContinueContinue reading “Christmas Eve Walk”
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