Our first reading will be this coming Wednesday April 1 (no joke!) featuring Lola Peters and Lew Jones plus some Community Mic action.
Read moreThe March 11th Reading is Cancelled to be Rescheduled
Due to Public Health concerns and recommendations, we will reschedule the reading at a future date.
Read moreShin Yu Pai Hosts Koon Woon at Town Hall on March 19
Shin Yu Pai continues to host the series Lyric World - Conversations with Contemporary Poets—Poetry And Wonder featuring next month, March 19, Koon Woon at Town Hall in Seattle. In conversation with Paul Nelson—veteran journalist and founder of the Seattle Poetics Lab—Koon explores poetic ideas of displacement, home, and belonging. READ MORE to click link to the Town Hall website for more information on this event.
Read moreWelcome Word Artists!
If you use your own words to create original art, we invite you to share your word art at our Monthly Community Mic to illuminate and connect us.
Tell us a story, read your poems, sing your songs, act your short play, do your stand up comedy, share philosophical deep thinking … you’ll think of more variations of original word art!
Pies & Community
Re the Power of Pies, and my apparent obsession with pies and community, Judith Camann sent me a link to a You Tube video of Rose McGee telling her story of how sweet potato pie helped bring communities together in troubled times. Check it out here.
Read moreLyric World - Curated by Shin Yu Pai
Shin Yu Pai, who was a featured reader at PoetryBridge at C&P last March, is curating a new event series at Town Hall on January 30, 2020. For more information, read below or go to Town Hall’s website.
Read moreSeattle Poetic Grid
Here is a link to the Seattle Poetic Grid which was a project of Seattle’s first Civic Poet, Claudia Castro Luna, currently Washington State Poet Laureate.
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