Tag Archives: Luther Allen

what’s cooking?

Next up will be two readings from the slurp-worthy collection of writing and art from The Madrona Project: The Empty Bowl Cookbook. You’ll have two opportunities to hear Luther Allen read his poem “a simple recipe for spot prawns” along … Continue reading

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reflections on self and other

Poet Richard Osler recently invited Luther Allen to contribute a pair of articles to the ongoing series of guest posts on his site, Recovering Words. Each contributor is asked to introduce themselves and talk about their path to poetry in … Continue reading

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December

December 8 keptin the wombof crepuscular winter light heldin dim graygreenclose, in tight enfoldingheart, mindin warmth of solitude

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if you love our forests…

If you love forests, and poetry, and understand their important role in sustaining life on earth, you are invited to attend (or simply support) Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Poetry Salon to benefit the Center for Responsible Forestry. … Continue reading

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these old shoes

2023 Merit Awardby Luther Allen the color of beat up.the look of too many miles, the smell of bruised earth.soles ground down, rogue molecules of rubberchoking the coho nowand five hundred years from now. still neat in the eyeletsa suture … Continue reading

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Celebrating salmon

Please join editor Rena Priest, Empty Bowl Press, and Luther Allen, as well as other contributors, for a celebratory reading of poems from I Sing the Salmon Home, a new anthology published by Empty Bowl. The event, on Sunday, June … Continue reading

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the new snow

By Luther Allen the new snowfresh as if you’d never seen snow before,never seen the leaning maple, the galactic spireof seed clusters, rustblood of dock stems,or the perfect chickadees. soft as it takes you in, holy,like your first stepinto a … Continue reading

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The Madrona Project

The Madrona Project is a series of anthologies produced by Empty Bowl Press. Each substantial volume is themed and assembled by a different editorial team. For the most recent edition, The Madrona Project: Vol III Number 1: Art in a … Continue reading

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SpeakEasy: looking back, going forward

As we finalize the details for SpeakEasy 29: Waymaking, coming up Sunday, September 18, 2022, we thought we’d share a little update on recent developments regarding SpeakEasy 27: A Spiritual Thread. As you may recall, the five participating poets, Susan … Continue reading

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PoetryBridge

It has taken a while, but the video from the June 30, 2021, PoetryBridge LIVE reading is now available for viewing on YouTube. Luther Allen and Tamara Kaye Sellman were the featured poets, with open mic participation by Clare Chu, … Continue reading

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