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Busy day in our country today, so I’m cheating a bit and just making announcements and reposting from elsewhere.

First, I have been meaning to tell you about two upcoming readings — as it is National Poetry Month, there are many, all over the place —

  1. I’ll be reading at Edmonds Bookshop on Thursday, April 17, 6:30 p.m., with four other poets from David D. Horowitz’s Rose Alley Press; besides David and myself, you can hear Carolyne Wright, Jane Alynn, and Jed Meyers, 10 minutes each. It will be fun.
  2. I am a featured poet at Everett Poetry Night‘s open mike on Monday, April 21. This is scheduled 5-8 p.m., and, yes, I have been there before, but I don’t think it begins at 5:00. More like gathering begins. People grab food and drink and chat. When I tried to pin this down (I can’t be there until 5:30), host Duane Kirby Jensen said, “Show up when you can!” Everett Poetry Night has a page on Facebook, too, but after Nov. 5, I left Facebook so can’t send you there to fact-check me.

I was up early this morning and read a chapbook that I am preparing to review for Escape Into Life (EIL). Rather than try to come up with another book, and a post here, I am reposting the April 4 episode of Bird Note, featuring none other than my dear friend, poet, and Empty Bowl Press editor Holly Hughes.

It is 11 minutes — features 3 of Holly’s poems from Passings (click on this link to see my review of Passings) — and is so so worth it.

Bird Note, April 4, 2025

https://birdnote.org/podcasts/birdnote-daily/poet-holly-j-hughes-honors-birds-weve-lost

At Holly’s website she includes a quote from Jane Hirshfield, “Poetry is the practice of attention.” So is all of life, a lesson that our poems might teach others.

 

Upcoming Readings

I admit, Everett Poetry Night keeps slipping away from me — but there it is, at Sister’s Cafe, every Thursday at 5 p.m. This week I’m the featured reader, and I would love to see you there.

And, on July 14, I’m trekking to Chimacum to help celebrate the third edition of The Madrona Project. It’s an awesome line-up of poets, and I’m excited to be one of them.

When:
Thursday, Jul 14 2022, 6:30pm – 8:00pm PDT. copy to my calendar, iCal export
Where:
Finnriver Cider Garden, Cidery Taproom & Orchard 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA 98325, United States (map)

Human Communities in Wild Places
from Empty Bowl Press
with a Reading by Contributing Writers

Thursday, July 14
6:30 – 8 pm in the Hay Barn

https://www.finnriver.com/farm-music-event-calendar