PoetsWest

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Seattle WA 98101

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206.682.1268

24 April 2012

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J. Glenn Evans

PoetsWest at KSER 90.7 FM Thursday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. (PST)— PoetsWest #223 POETS ON POETS

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PoetsWest #199

POETS ON POETS

Discussing Trope—Bart Baxter

Philip Whalen—John Burgess

Greg Corso—John Burgess

Creeley 0.30 John Burgess

Emily Dickinson—Mike Dillon

Report to Robin—Dan Williams

Remember Me—Ann Spiers

Lorca poem—Sharmayne Leland-St John

Lorca poem—RaynRoberts

Face of Paul Celan—J. Andrew Rodriguez

Ginsberg poem 1.53 Sharmayne Leland-St John

Love in—Sharmayne Leland-St John

After Robert Bly—Miriam Bassuk

Nation in Love with Russian Poet—John Burgess

Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert

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PoetsWest #222 Poems of Pablo Neruda translated & read by William O’Daly

PoetsWest #223 Earth Day

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Want to emcee your own poetry venue?

Newberry Books in the Grand Central Building at 214 First Ave. South in Pioneer Square would like very much to have a poetry venue again. If you or if you know someone who would be interested in hosting or emceeing a venue with Newberry Books, please contact Mark Newberry or Ritsuko Kurima at 206-518-5806 or newberrybooks@gmail.com. (Mark Newberry is a gracious and welcoming sponsor of poetry, as many of you remember the former location of Newberry Books on Ravenna & 65th.)

Saturday, May 12 at 4:00 p.m.

Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle

Reader’s Choice features readings by Pongo. Open mike. Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or JGE@poetswest.com.

Wednesday, May 16 at 7:00 pm

The Creekside, 18200 Woodinville-Snohomish Rd NE, (Intersection of Woodinville-Snohomish Rd NE and 140th Avenue NE), Woodinville, WA

PoetsWest @ The Creekside features Ann Spiers. Open mic. Hosted by Clark Crouch and Virginia Cook. Emceed by Terry Busch. Contact ccrouch@thecreekside.net.

From Suzanne Simmons and Lola Peters:

Submissions open for Poetry+Motion performance: My America. Deadline Monday, April 30 at 5pm. Performance date Sunday, July 15, Downstairs at Town Hall. Open to all poets. Poems are selected by the dancers, and not by the show's producers. Samples at https://vimeo.com/poetryplusmotion/albums.

Submission Guidelines:

Poems must be about some aspect of My America. You are welcome to interpret this as you see fit. No erotica, please. Send 1-4 poems in MSWord or Macintosh Pages format (no PDFs please) to mailto:poetryplusmotion@aol.com. Type Poetry+Motion Submission in Subject line. All poems must be in final form. No revisions permitted after the dancers have made their selections.

Submission Process:

Dancers will select the final poems by May 7, 2012 and Lola Peters will notify poets which/whose poems have been selected by May 11, 2012. We will record poets reading their selected poems the week of June 25, 2012 during the first rehearsal. The dancer will use the recording as a guideline for creating the dance. Please do not submit poetry if you will not be available for rehearsals or recording during the two weeks preceding the performance. We will provide a small honorarium to each selected poet and dancer. Honorarium will be based on the number of your poems that are selected for dance. Feel free to share these guidelines with other poets.

Hanna Raskin, Food Editor for the Seattle Weekly with a request. Each year, we strive to come up with an interesting way to convey to readers what's fresh at local farmers markets, and it might be fun to try a poem-based approach. Will you take on a fruit or vegetable for our blog?
Poems should be submitted to me via e-mail, either in the body of the message or as a .doc attachment. Poems should not exceed 40 lines, and should be submitted by the final day of the month preceding the featured fruit, vegetable or herb's anticipated seasonal debut. (I've pasted a calendar below; the original is available at http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/ripe-n-ready/produce-calendar) For scheduling purposes, it would be very helpful if poets contacted me as soon as they settle on an item, so we can avoid having 14 poems about rhubarb. All styles acceptable. If the poems is not written in English, it should be accompanied by a translation. Poems will run with a photo, so the poet may wish to submit a photograph of his or her own along with the poem, although doing so is entirely optional. Finally, if a poem has already been printed elsewhere, the poet should make sure he or she has the rights to it. I'm happy to answer any questions via e-mail (hraskin@seattleweekly.com) or by phone (206-467-4318).

—Is it not treason against the sovereign people of the United States when the legislators pass laws that trash our Constitution, and the president fails to veto such laws and the Supreme Court fails to declare such laws as unconstitutional when each has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic—J. Glenn Evans—03 Jan 2012—

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