Monthly Archives: February 2012

Abecedarians Living Room 2.28.12 7P

Abecedarians & Other Constraints This week we’ll take on the notion of the abecedarian and combine it with a page or two from a reference book containing an alphabetical listing of words–the dictionary. From early Hebrew poetry to Harryette Mullen, … Continue reading

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Washington State Poetry Questionnaire (From the new Poet Laureate)

Hi Paul—will you consider filling this out and sending it to your connections?  Thanks!  Kathleen (P.S. The state’s new Poet Laureate will read at the Cascadia Poetry festival on March 25. Details here.) WASHINGTON STATE POETRY QUESTIONNAIRE My goal as … Continue reading

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Never Not Making It New: The Poet’s Always Work (Living Room Tue 2/21)

“Words can neither define nor explain”  -Alan Watts It is not news that the world is in a constant state of flux (just ask the Fluxus poets, or Siddhartha Gautama).  Ever-evolving, it parallels life itself; the only thing absolute is … Continue reading

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What do you Love? (2.14.12 Living Room)

To paraphrase Bo Diddley: I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire, I got a cobra snake for a necktie A brand new house on the road side, and it’s a-made out of rattlesnake hide Got a band new chimney put … Continue reading

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