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Introducing A Sense of Place: The Washington State Geospatial Poetry Anthology

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Splabman

Introducing A Sense of Place: The Washington State Geospatial Poetry Anthology edited by Katharine Whitcomb, Robert Hickey, and Marco Thompson, The Center for Geospatial Poetry at Central Washington University! The project features, via Google Earth, poems by Washington poets ABOUT … Continue reading →

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Igniting the Green Fuse: Women on Eco-poetry

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Splabman

“Igniting the Green Fuse: Women on Eco-poetry” panel moderated by Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC) 12-4P Saturday panel, nature walk and writing prompt: Igniting the Green Fuse: Women on Eco-poetry moderated by Kim Goldberg (Nanaimo, BC) featuring: Catherine Owen (Vancouver, BC), … Continue reading →

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Tim McNulty Workshop Description: Images as Windows

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Splabman

Tim McNulty Workshop Description: Images as Windows (Saturday, March 24, 1-3P at SPLAB) In our workshop we’ll explore the power of images to convey meaning, nuance and mood in our poems.  We’re review some poems that rely on images, and … Continue reading →

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Living Room Tuesday 3.13.12 Poetry Extraction

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Splabman

Poetry Extraction One purpose of jargon is to rationalize discourse by substituting objective language for subjective language. (Just look at that sentence.) Ironically, removing emotion-soaked terms makes language sound disturbed, robotic. Take this blurb from the DSM-IV (the bible of … Continue reading →

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