by Paul Nelson | Feb 21, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
An August Poetry Postcard from 2015 featuring yet another photo of mine from 2014, this one from the Skokomish Rez, I love the allusion to the American Indian Movement and hope President Obama will finally pardon Leonard Peltier. But the poem is more about...
by Paul Nelson | Feb 12, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
For some reason I segued into a memory from my rock n roll DJ days in Appleton, WI (WAPL) with this latest 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest poem from August 11. I was a member of the Leinenkugel Club and required to have at least one cold Leinie’s in the fridge at all...
by Paul Nelson | Jan 21, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Written in the heat of the recent Bernus Interruptus, which I witnessed and which my report of (I think) resulted in the loss of one postcard participant. The bloqueo reference is the Cuban economic embargo which has been quite punishing to the people of the country...
by Paul Nelson | Jan 10, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Since 2004, I’ve had a little soft spot in my heart for Muslims given that my spiritual practice (the Latihan Kejiwaan of Subud) was created (discovered?/invented?) by a Muslim. (I was initiated into Subud June 2004.) Maybe that’s why the case of the man...
by Paul Nelson | Dec 18, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
On this 2015 August Poetry Postcard there is photo of the Chief after whom the city I live in is named. Is there another major American city that so directly honors its indigenous heritage? If yes, comment below. The poem also riffs off the Chief’s famous speech, or...