Tag Archives: Seattle Writing Groups

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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Living Room 10.25.11 B.Y.O.D – 7P

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Splabman

Have you had an absurd or incomprehensible dream lately?  Rich subconscious secrets and great poems cleverly hide behind and between dream images.  Often the more absurd the inviting dream and its connections are, the more rich meaning resides.  It is … Continue reading →

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