Red Cedar Circle @ SPLAB Friday, Jan 13 7P

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Splabman

Johnny Moses

Friday, January 13th, Johnny Moses conducts his fourth Red Cedar Circle at SPLAB. We were honored to have this remarkable story-teller at SPLAB and delighted to host a Red Cedar Circle starting at 7PM. Bring snacks if you like and a donation to the cause. Johnny conducts a circle on the 2nd Friday each month through April, 2012. More on Johnny here.

Coast Salish songs and stories are featured, along with prayers and snacks. The public is welcome to attend and donations are gratefully accepted to help Johnny continue his work. ($5-$20 suggested). Johnny is a master storyteller, oral historian, traditional healer and respected spiritual leader. Johnny, whose traditional name is Whis.stem.men.knee (Walking Medicine Robe), carries the Si.Si.Wiss (sacred breath, sacred life) medicine teachings and healing ceremonies of his Northwest Coast people.

Please join us for the Red Cedar Circle at 7PM on the 2nd Friday of each month through April, 2012.

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Erasure: Dec 6 L v ng R m 7P

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Splabman

Prose is prose because of what it includes; poetry is poetry because of what it leaves out.
—Marvin Bell

What is erasure poetry and why does Ron Silliman compare it to the play of burlesque or striptease?  Come to Living Room to consider the possibilities.  After pondering some examples, you will have the chance to try your hand at one of your own.  You will have the option to work from an “assigned text” or from a copy of the poem you bring to workshop!  Other ideas for erasure will be explored. Jeanne Morel is your guide for the evening.

Writers of all ages and skill levels gather Tuesdays at 7P to read new work, the work of someone else or to just be in the engaging company of other writers. Your donation of $5 helps SPLAB continue our programming. Please bring 8 copies of the work you plan to read. If you do not bring copies, they are available for 10c.

L v ng R  m happens in S  AB in the C  tu  l C  n r at 3651 S. Edmunds. (Look for the S  AB sign on the wall and   me inside.) We’re 2 bl  ks fr m the Co   b a C  y L  k L g t R il S   ion. (Parking is av   a  e on t e sch  l g  unds.)

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WWW.FAULTLINESPOETRY.COM Call for Submissions

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Splabman

From Anthony Pfannensteil by way of Angel Latterell:

Nov.29,2011
CALL FOR POEM SUBMISSIONS
(WWW.FAULTLINESPOETRY.COM)

FAULT LINES POETRY JOURNAL is calling for poets of all ages and backgrounds to submit their poems for publication: an exciting opportunity to get published in the newest poetry journal on the West Coast.   Published out of Portland, Oregon, Fault Lines, is reaching out to poets from Oregon, Washing, Northern California, and British Columbia.   It seeks imaginative, evocative, and powerful poetry for is maiden edition.  Poetry can be on any topic in any form. Space is limited and the submission end date is looming,

Fault Lines Poetry encourages submissions from poets of all backgrounds and circumstances: from polished, published poets to shy beginners, from the young to the middle aged to the Boomers.  It asks for poems from immigrants, from the unemployed and the underemployed; from the formally educated and those without degrees; from the homeless, those down on their luck, those whose fortunes are rising, the impaired as well as those in recovery, the imprisoned, the unchurched and the believers.  From all who search!  And from those with answers! All are encouraged to send us poems so that Fault Lines can give them a VOICE.
As editor, I am looking for poems that nourish and encourage reflection, that enchant so that the readers turn page after page, repeatedly, because these poems inspire.
Submit your poems on the poetry website under the Call for  Submission section.
WWW.FAULTLINESPOETRY.COM

ANTHONY PFANNENSTIEL
EDITOR/PUBLISHER

You may contact me if you have any questions
faultlinespoetry@gmail.com

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Living Room Tuesday N.29.11 7P

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Splabman

Living Room has been brewing with ideas about poetics lately—from the Dada-esque/anti-Dada primal sound poetry of Kurt Schwitters, to Anne Sexton’s reappropriations of myths, and new ways to look at Thanksgiving.  All this has led some rich conversations, however at the expense of only being able to workshop a handful of poems in each session.  This Tuesday, we’re getting back to basics—that is, back to discussing our own original work.  After a brief discussion (and exercise?) on the use of wordplay to open up meaning (i.e. puns, anagrams, palindromes), we’ll be focused on workshopping our own poetry.  Bring at least ten copies (if you can) of a poem you’d like to get some feedback on, and either some clichéd expression, phrase, or idea you’re interested in transforming through wordplay. Alex Bleecker is your fearless leader for the evening.

Monosyllabic words

Writers of all ages and skill levels gather Tuesdays at 7P to read new work, the work of someone else or to just be in the engaging company of other writers. Your donation of $5 helps SPLAB continue our programming. Please bring 8 copies of the work you plan to read. If you do not bring copies, they are available for 10c.

Living Room happens in the new SPLAB in the Cultural Corner at 3651 S. Edmunds. (Look for the SPLAB sign on the wall and come inside.) We’re 2 blocks from the Columbia City Link Light Rail Station. (Parking is available on the school grounds.)

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