PoetsWest at KSER 90.7 FM Thursday, January 10 at 6:30 p.m. (PST) #216 WINTER II

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POETSWEST #216

WINTER II

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Rationale for Weather—Bart Baxter

Winter Sky—Frederick Bridger

West Wind—Frederick Bridger

Snow—Dan Williams

Wawona Road—Dan Williams

Snowflake—Cindy Weinberg

Snowflakes—J. Glenn Evans

Oatmeal First Snow—Robert McNamara

Mid-Winter—Robert McNamara

Wood & Snow—Priscilla Long

All That Glitters Is Not—Ellaraine Lockie

Early Morning Winter Moon—Mitra

Facing East—Priscilla Long

On the Columbia River Gorge—Tomás Gayton

Amaryllis—Cathy Ross

Winter Nursery—J. Glenn Evans

Winter Haiku—Jill Hardin

Fissures—Richard Brugger

The Coming of Winter—Jean Musser

Winter—J. Glenn Evans

Son Volt Windfall from Trace Tk1

Noah Peterson from At Marylhurst Drive Tk1

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POETSWEST will commemorate the birthday of one of America’s most important poets, William Stafford, on SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 at 4 p.m., at Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle

The public is invited to attend this free event. The featured readers are Nancy Dahlberg, Michael Schein, Griffith Williams. Jointly sponsored by the Friends of William Stafford and PoetsWest, we will ask poets and/or participants to read a poem by Stafford and/or one of their own poems written in the spirit of Stafford's work. Members of the audience will be invited to read one of their favorite Stafford poems at the open mic as well as some of their own poetry. If you would like to participate, please bring a copy of one or two of your favorite Stafford poems. For further information, contact J. Glenn Evans at 206.682.1268 and/or jge@poetswest.com.

From Phoebe Bosche:

Monday, January 21 at 7:00-9:00 pm

Jack Straw Studios, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle (Enter at rear of building at 909 NE 43rd St)

Open mic reading honors Martin Luther King Jr., the man and his philosophy of nonviolence. All ages and free event. Share music, songs, poems, short fiction, and artwork. 15 minutes max. Contact editors@ravenchronicles.org or call 206-941-2955.

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/.

This gig comes on the back of the success of Reem’s residency in May 2008 at the Seattle International Children’s Festival. Both Reem and Chris are thrilled at the prospect of being back in Seattle. PS You can buy the download of Reem’s newly released Tunisian anthem Babour Zammar direct from www.reemkelani.com.

From Tomás Gayton:

Companeros, Please check out the e-book of my memoir, Long Journey Home, now available at the Amazon Kindle store. Would love to get back some of your favorable reviews. Paz y Luz, Tomás

Keith Moul’s volume of poems and photos, Reconsidered Light, https://www.createspace.com/4102847 has been released from Createspace.com. He uses poetry to produce lyric and narrative appropriate to the images.

From Olivia Diamond:

My two latest publications on Kindle are The Cat Who Would Be a Woman (kaleidoscope of tales, mostly short and The Wheels of Being (novel). Between Rod and me, we now have 19 titles on Kindle. The poetry collections include: Playground, Please Trespass Here, Novenas for Grandmother, Geography of My Bones, Women at the Well, Land of the Four Quarters (prices 0.99 to $2.99). Also check out my blog at http://oliviadiamond.wordpress.com/ which has topics of interest to all writers. I invite the PoetsWest community to visit me there.

From Joanne Clarkson:

Free Poetry Workshop Tuesday, January 8 at 7 p.m. at the Olympia Senior Center, 222 Columbia St. NW, Olympia, WA 98501

"Publish Your Poetry" is the topic for the January Paul Gillie Memorial Workshop co-sponsored by the Olympia Poetry Network. Workshop includes resources for locating journals, websites, contests and other venues that match your poetic style, tips for successful submissions and tactics for revision.

Presenter is Joanne Clarkson, author of 3 books of poems. Workshops are named in honor of Paul Gillie who brought poetry to the South Sound as a poet, educator and advocate. More info at OPN website: http://home.comcast.net/~yake/opn.html.

Art Song Lab, founded by composer Michael Park and poet, Ray Hsu, is part of the Vancouver International Song Institute Composers are paired with poets to create new art songs as. Six poets/writers will have the opportunity to have their poem made into a song by two different composers. The week-long program from June 2-7, 2013 rehearses and workshops the new songs, features public performances, opportunities for poets to network with composers and other poets, and an in-depth exploration of how the poet, composer, and audience interpret the poems. They are looking to contact as many writers as possible. Email: artsonglab@gmail.com.

From Tina Schumann:

Call for submissions: Were you born in the U.S. and raised by immigrant mother/father/grandparents? The anthology, Two-Countries: Sons and Daughters of Immigrant Parents, (working title) seeks poems, personal essays and flash memoir on this subject. Editor is a prize-winning poet raised by a U.S.-born father and an immigrant mother from El Salvador. No deadline right now and Word docs or pdf attachments are fine. Previously published work ok. Please submit no more than four poems, two essays (1,400 word limit) or two flash memoir essays (750 word limit) to twocountriesanthology@gmail.com.

Vital Links:

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_videoMovie worth watching

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

—A herd of leaves stampeded by the wind—J. Glenn Evans—20 January 2010—

LAND FOR A DUWAMISH RESERVATION NOW

150-YEAR WAIT FOR AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE

SHOULD BE SEATTLE’S SHAME WHEN MAGNUSON PARK

COULD BE A TOKEN RETURN OF THE LANDTAKEN FROM THEM