[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1bOTIRe4Rk&w=640&h=480] “Goodwill Thrift Store, Missoula” by Sheryl Noethe It’s hard to hate anybody when we’re all maybe trying on the shoes of the dead together, trying on their slacks and reading their books. So we are gentle to each other when we reach for the same glass or same blanket. Smile when we collide [...]
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What a treat to be greeted by this king of the forest. 
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Thank you to all who came out to the Fault Lines Poetry Journal reading at Tsunami Books. It was quite a memorable evening for me and it was such a pleasure to read with amazing Northwest Poets! Now for some caffeine. 00
00FAWN SKIN A cape, a poncho, a smear of tar. A country says to come in with our mouths closed, hands inside pockets, until our name is called. They give out free bubble gum at the INS office, no ginseng for the ones who have bound feet, no do- re-mi for children who smell like [...]
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00Faultlines is a new Portland-based journal of West Coast poetry which includes work from 71 writers, both new and well-established poets. The subtitle of Faultlines is “Poems for People,” and editor Tony Pfannenstiel has aimed to present poems that are engaging and accessible. The voices of West Coast poets were given short shrift by the [...]
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