PoetsWest at KSER 90.7 FM Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. (PST) #226 ANTIGONE’S NATION

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POETSWEST #226   ANTIGONE’S NATION

Play by Ed Mast, poet, playwright and human rights activist,

adapted from the original play, Antigone, written by Sophocles

in the Fourth Century BC.

Voices:

Carmel Baird

Ricky Coates

Rich Hawkins

Greg Loughridge

Ruth McRee

Christine Nyland

Directed by Robert Leigh

Recorded by Erik Brown

I came back from the dead (Darwish) 0.20 J. Glenn Evans

Music fragment from Reem Kelani Sprinting Gazelle Tk3

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NEW BOOK

Anne-Marie Hackenberger has released her Tagebuch 1945 Diary, written when she was a young girl in Germany during that fateful time in WWII. Published by SCW Publications, this is a genuine and unique story of a young woman in wartime. An invaluable piece of history! Available from the author for $8. Contact hacki@comcast.net.

Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Editor-in-Chief Quill and Parchment is looking for poems for the April Poets on Poets issue. Please check out several recent April back issues before submitting, then, using our format submit to qpsubmissions@quillandparchment.com. No attachments. She is also looking for poets to read at fogdog gallery in Arlington. Contact alittlehawk@aol.com.

Michael Daley sent in three links from Jim Bodeen to the Ish River Poetry Reading, LaConner Feb 3, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mgtvSo5wSWY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y26k8OHwCzE#!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACCYYED18cs

From Sharon Lia Robinson:

My documentary feature film, Edge of the Sea Gallery (1998-2003) is now on YouTube. Edge of the Sea Gallery (1998-2003) - YouTube Share this site with you and your friends. The film being on YouTube will provide more access. More info at www.sharonrobinson.org. The DVD features interviews with both artists and poets and shows some of their work.

Olympia poet Don Freas will lead the final Paul Gillie Memorial Workshop of this season on Tuesday, March 5 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the Olympia Community Center, 222 Columbia St. NW. Both new and experienced writers are welcome. Freas, author of 5 chapbooks of poetry, has an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College. Besides writing verse, he is also a sculptor and furniture maker. Regarding his workshop, Freas states, “The challenge is to get what we think we know out of the way and let the places the world has touched us whisper and sing their deeper wisdom.” More info at Olympia Poetry Network’s homepage at http://home.comcast.net/~yake/opn.html.

Amanda Laughtland, Seattle-based poet, is teaching an independent 100% online poetry writing class in April 2013. Details at http://tinyblog.teenytiny.org/p/take-class.html. Contact mandypoet@hotmail.com.

From Arthur C. Ford, Sr., Editor of The Pen:

The Poet Band Company is asking for poetry, max.40 lines and prose, max.300 words (English language only. Full details at www.thepoetbandcompany.yolasite.com.

Deadline first week of each month (Dec., March, June, Sept.) prior to month of publication.

July issue dedicated to romantic poetry

October spotlights holiday poetry

Other issues open to the writer

Free copy awarded the winning poets. All submissions must be typed and “camera ready” quality. Submit max. five works (SASE for return of works not accepted). E-Mail submissions in body accepted and must include Snail-Mail address. Subscriptions: $25 yearly(4 issues) or $48 for 2 years. $4.00 for sample issue. Questions? Contact wewuvpoetry@hotmail.com or 1-866-234-0297.

Not to be missed!

Palestinian singer, musician, and broadcaster Reem Kelani returns to Seattle for a Global Rhythms concert with her band at Town Hall, Seattle on 12th April 2013: http://townhallseattle.org/global-rhythms-reem-kelani/. Reem works with accomplished British jazz musicians. She will also lead 2 workshops for children at Town Hall on 6th April: http://townhallseattle.org/saturday-family-concerts-reem-kelani/.

You can buy the download of Reem’s newly released Tunisian anthem Babour Zammar direct from www.reemkelani.com.

Vital Links:

www.poetswest.com/books.htm Books by J. Glenn Evans

http://www.peoplescongress.org Let’s take our government back

The National Initiative for Democracy Let’s take our government back legally

http://wacptv.ning.com/video/video/show?id=2077897%3AVideo%3A368685&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_video

Movie worth watching

https://vimeo.com/55141496 (enter password when prompted: barbarasteegmuller) – 2 hours

—Time has no beginning, no ending on travels between generations. A philosopher, a Roman legionnaire, a Greek scholar share their loves, their thoughts, their fears, their hopes and their lusts with us. We experience the glories of a Caesar; feel the despair of Napoleon at Waterloo. We endure the agonies of a mother whose son is killed to buy their great glories. How sorry I feel for those who say I never have the time to read such junk as fiction. Such is the sad state of those who shut out the world of literature. Better to make merry with mind molders who write essays, novels, plays, poetry and short stories than tread life away as an ignorant one. The poets, the writers, the artists are the eyes of the future and the memory of the past. That’s why tyrants fear them and try to destroy them unless they can be made sycophants—Uncommon Common Sense—J. Glenn Evans

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