Tag Archives: Seattle Poetry Workshops

Living Room, Tuesday Nov 22 7P Thanks or Genocide?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Splabman

As Thanksgiving approaches school children learn the story of pilgrims, Plymouth rock, helpful natives and thanks. As those children grow older they realize that the way the pilgrims gave thanks was genocide. That kind of ruins the story. Using examples … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Ted Berrigan (Living Room Tue 11.15.11 – 7P)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Splabman

Ted Berrigan (Nov. 15, 1934-July 4, 1983) was a master practitioner of a multiplicity of strategies for making poems, among them appropriation, collage, collaboration, misreadings and mistranslations, found poetry, and list poems. In his mix of voices and sources he … Continue reading →

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Primal Sound (Living Room, Tuesday 11.8.11 @ 7P)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Splabman

  Tilla loola luula loola Tilla luula loola luula Tilla loola luula loola Tilla luula loola luula —from “Ursonate” by Kurt Schwitters One thing that seems to distinguish poems from prose is sound. I hope for us to consider the … Continue reading →

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Zombie Living Room Tue 11.1.11 7P

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Splabman

The Uncanny It’s alive! Or is it? Genre writers know how to make your skin crawl. A favorite item in their toolkit: The uncanny. I don’t just mean something spooky. I mean something that seems familiar but also  strange. Think … Continue reading →

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