One of My Favorite Kanji
In English the etymology for poetry is Greek. It comes from "poiesis" meaning maker (kind of boring). Or It comes from the Latin "poeta," used as a general term for creative literature (amazingly boring).
詩 (し - shi) means poem or poetry. Of course I like poetry so automatically I'm a fan of the kanji, but my fondness isn't as superficial as that. 詩 is 言 and 寺 stuck together. 言 means "say" and 寺 means "temple." It is a beautiful combination.
All things considered, 詩 wins first Read more [...]
New GlitterPony: Episode 3
I know a lot of people still think poetry is either Robert Frost, slam poetry, or people with berets snapping their fingers, but it isn't. I think that people today would appreciate poetry more if they saw that people are still doing exciting things with writing— that is to say we aren't all lame-o's like Billy Collins. Read more [...]
Weekend of Readings
I don't know what the schedule is for the Apostrophe series, but I know it happens regularly at Gallery 1412 (1412 18th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122) in good ol' Capital Hill. The background was great as a background, but it just couldn't do all the work. what is the artist saying about background, making background a foreground, etc). Read more [...]
Goodbye Poetry Bus
The reading was in two parts, the first being a subscriber event (to thank them for their financial support which makes things like the bus tour possible) and the second was open to the greater public. The first reading was shorter and featured the much appreciated open bar, the second reading was longer and featured the much despised cash bar. Read more [...]
Is it Awesome?
Is Open Books awesome? Open Books is awesome. It is one of very few book stores that sells only poetry. They have good new, used, and rare books. book stores, open books, poetry, seattle Read more [...]
The Poetry Bus
The Poetry Bus kicked off its 50 day 50 city tour on Sept 4th. The bus was full for every reading, more impressive is that those filling the bus weren't just poets, at least half the crowd for each reading was just walking by and got interested. Read more [...]
