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Contact: Paul E. Nelson
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Global Voices Radio / SPLAB! E-Fishwrapper

In this E-Fishwrapper, Red Sky Reunion features a Tribute to Irene Drennan in 8 days, Paul Hunter, John Marshall and Linda Bierds ready TODAY, two Organic Poetry workshops (one a benefit and one six weeks long) & thanks for the success of the José Kozer visit.

1) The Red Sky Poetry Theater Reunion series continues Sunday, March 1, (It’s MARCH already!) at the Richard Hugo House. Features include: Esther Helfgott, Priscilla Long, Denise Calvetti-Michaels, Anne Sweet and Diane Westergaard + Open Mic. Suggested donation $5. Thanks to the Hugo House for donation of the space. 7P, signup 6:30.

2) A FREE event TODAY at the Fremont branch of the Seattle Public Library will feature local poets Linda Bierds, Paul Hunter and J.W. Marshall reading from their work. 2 to 3:30 p.m. TODAY. 731 N. 35th St., Seattle (206-684-4084 or www.spl.org). Don Kentop presents.

3) Organic Poetry Workshops
facilitated by Paul Nelson:
Saturday, March 28, 2009,1-4PM, a benefit for the Subud House 1101 15th Avenue, Seattle. Suggested Donation—$25. Poets of all levels of writing are welcome. To register, email pen@splab.org, or click here.

The Personal Mythology of Organic Poetry

Six week course starting Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the Richard Hugo House 1634 11th.

To what do you train your attention? Organic Poetry is one way to describe the process of training your ear to capture the chaotic energy of the moment, to make composition an occasion of experience. This entertaining workshop for serious writers of all levels of experience includes lively discussions and sound from interviews with poets McClure, Myles, Rothenberg, Ginsberg, Waldman. Through a series of intensifying creative writing exercises over the six week course, you will develop an understanding of your own personal mythology and write at that deeper level of consciousness. Register via the Hugo House starting March 3rd.

4) Some of the cool links I have posted to my Facebook page:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/02/21/rivers.indonesia.bamboo.cnn How cool is Bamboo? The wood of the future and it’s GRASS for heaven’s sake.

Even Republicans want trade with Cuba. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022003499.html

Benefits for writers? What kind of socialist bullshit is THAT? (Oh, Canada.)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090213.wbkadamspt2/BNStory/globebooks/home

Iraqi shoe thrower: Bush's 'soulless smile' set me off
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/19/iraq.shoe.thrower/index.html

5) Essays on the Poets Against War website:
AN ATLAS OF RESTRAINT Spring Ulmer
http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/spring_ulmer.asp

The Pity and the Horror
http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/thepitandthehorror.asp (Breyten Breytenbach)

An Unnecessary War
(Jimmy Carter)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/07/AR2009010702645.html

6) Thanks to all who came out for José Kozer at one of many venues during his recent NW visit. Thanks also to co-sponsors: Poets & Writers, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Casa de Escritores, Raul Sanchez, Skagit River Poetry Project, Seattle University & Doe Bay. NW images are flooding into José’s recent poetry, so he tells me.

I hope you’ll consider taking one of the workshops I am facilitating in the near future. Boy I get a kick out of the intellectual stimulation and I could use the money. Oh, check out the updated Dear Almondina blog. An addition to the poem and new photos. http://dearalmondina.blogspot.com/ Stay out of trouble. The woodfrogs are almost here. Hang on.
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Paul E. Nelson

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