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You’re invited to a free poetry event with WA Poet Laureate, Tod Marshall
Photo: Amy Sinisterra Meet Washington State’s Poet Laureate It’s not often you get to meet and work with a published poet, let alone our Washington State Poet Laureate. You won’t want to miss this event, which starts today at 1 p.m. Today, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 Hand in Hand Immigration Read more…
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Elizabeth Bishop creates vivid snapshots of intergenerational relationships in nostalgic poems about family
In her poems “At the Fishhouses,” “Poem,” and “Sestina,” Elizabeth Bishop uses vivid imagery to explore the cycles of life, family and relationships – those fleeting moments shared, unadorned and often cherished later upon reflection. “At the Fishhouses” is a free verse poem told as a descriptive narrative about an Read more…
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Aleida Rodriguez’s “Lexicon of Exile” speaks the language of loss and grief in three parts
In her bi-lingual grief poem, “Lexicon of Exile,” Aleida Rodriguez speaks in the voice of a Cuban immigrant as she describes the irrevocable loss of a childhood home, an event which creates a giant chasm within, a split self and a new language and identity for her people. As memories Read more…
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