Christine Lowther’s Tree Anthology
Christine Lowther, the Poet Laureate of Tofino, BC, and a Make it True poet, has a call for poets who love TREES: Please alert your favorite tree-lovin’ poet to Christine: tofinopoetlaureate@gmail.com...
View Article(Indigenous) Cascadian Zen
SPLAB Board Member Jason Wirth and I had the good fortune to interview Wedlidi Speck about an indigenous perspective regarding the subject of Cascadian Zen. An anthology with the same name is being...
View ArticleRichard Hugo House and the Writing Community
It is with great sorrow that I sit to compose this post about the Seattle writing community. For many years now, perhaps for its entire existence, the Richard Hugo House has been a quintessential...
View ArticleKubota Garden Poems
From Lola Peters: Kubota Garden Revealed Your Kubota Garden Poem Open, online, poetry reading Monday, April 12, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Among the beautiful elements of the book Spirited Stone: Lessons from...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Editing a Beat Legend
A wonderful look at the working style of one of SPLAB’s poetry heroes, Michael McClure, as described by his last editor Garrett Caples. To hear about the project on which they collaborated, dig this:...
View ArticlePlease Give Big to SPLAB in 2021
Case for supporting SPLAB during Give Big 2021 Continue reading →
View ArticleCate Gable on Police Poetry
SPLAB’s own Cate Gable, intrepid columnist for the Chinook Observer, observes the (ahem) “poetry” of the Minneapolis Police in the Derek Chauvin case: There are several literary devices at play here....
View ArticleNew SPLAB Board Members
Two new members of the SPLAB Board of Directors. A treasurer is still needed on the board. Continue reading →
View ArticlePoetry Postcard Fest Orientation
An orientation for the 15th Poetry Postcard Fest via Zoom, Saturday, June 19, 2021, 10am PDT. Continue reading →
View ArticlePoetry Postcard Fest: A Tribute to di Prima and McClure
Registration for the 15th Poetry Postcard Fest ends July 18, 2021. Continue reading →
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