Wednesday, on the Subway – Jason Sears
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:26 — 1 Comment
“Let’s pretend to be French Impressionists,†you said. So we
Three Super Important Questions For Seattle Poets
Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:53 — 1 Comment
I reached out to some of our favorite poets to ask them three simple questions:
Angry In Seattle: An Interview with Shin Yu Pai
Thursday, October 30, 2014 9:37 — 1 Comment
Shin Yu Pai is a poet and visual artist in Seattle. She was nominated for a Stranger Genius Award in 2014, the only poet to be nominated.
An Interview with poet Ed Skoog
Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:10 — 0 Comments
Ed Skoog is one of Seattle’s masterful poets – in fact, his book Rough Day just won the Washington State Book Award in Poetry. Lucky for the city, Ed, immediately after winning the award, has a show (this Friday!) and the Hugo House along side some other talented writers, Ru Freeman, Elissa Washuta and Dean Young. We had a chance to catch up with Ed and ask him how the city inspires his work, what he makes of his award and what he epects for the Friday show.
Jed Myers’ Two New Books of Poetry
Monday, October 13, 2014 10:39 — 0 Comments
I work at the Pub at Third Place  – and at The Pub we like to say we have two poet laureates, one of whom is Jed Myers (the other: Jim Brantingham). Jed is a fixture in the Ravenna neighborhood: along with sitting several nights a week with a glass of red wine or a Guinness at The Pub, writing or editing his many, many poems (indeed, he’s one of the most prolific writers I know), he also hosts the NorthEnd Forum open mic at the Thai restaurant, Bai Pai, a few blocks east of The Pub.Â
Kay Ryan at the Hugo House
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 20:53 — 0 Comments
“Rhyme,†said the poet, Kay Ryan, wearing a red scarf and a dark blazer, speaking to a packed audience at Seattle’s Hugo House, “is incredibly powerful – dangerously powerful.â€Â
The Three Einsteins!†– Sarah Galvin
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 10:08 — 0 Comments
Sarah Galvin, who just happens to grace the cover of this month’s City Arts Magazine, has a new book of poems out, called The Three Einsteins. It has received praise from some of the Monarch’s favorite writers, including Kary Wayson, who says the book has “faultless logic”, and Cody Walker, who says, “I want to spend my entire paycheck buying pens and paper and espresso shots for Sarah Galvin—so that she continues to write, and write, and write some more.”
The Paradox of the Blues – Erin Ashley
Thursday, October 2, 2014 16:25 — 0 Comments
In another life I was a singer Spent half my days in a rocking chair Spitting out the teeth of unchurched soldiers I’d had for dinner the night before
A Lesson in Parataxis Provided By Mary Collins And Faithfully Transcribed by Jim Brantingham
Monday, August 11, 2014 9:49 — 1 Comment
Mary was a bartender. On this afternoon she brought a half liter of beer to each of two guys at the bar. Introductions were made.
What am I?
Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies
Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;
Scientists can't find me.
Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—
Remind me:
The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…
Tick, Tock: Divine me.
-- Richard Kenney
