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PoetsWest #178

HEY, COLUMBUS!

Hey, Columbus!—Thomas Hubbard

Ghost of the Owyhees—Gordon Peterson

The Reckoning—Gordon Peterson
Singing Down the Sun—Cathy Ross

Two Gray Hills—Cathy Ross

Chief Dan George—Mike Puhallo

My Grandfather Spoke—J. Glenn Evans

Peter Ali on flute
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Saturday, October 15 at 4:00 p.m.

Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle
Features Lyn Coffin in a special reading of the poetry of Jiri Orten, translated from the Czech by Lyn Coffin. Jiri Orten was a Czech Jew who lived a short but passionate life before his death at the age of 22, hit by a speeding German car in Nazi-occupied Prague. Open mic.

Wednesday, October 19 at 7:00pm

The Creekside, a Merrill Gardens Community, 18200 Woodinville-Snohomish Rd NE, Woodinville, WA

PoetsWest @ The Creekside features Dennis Caswell. Open mic. Refreshments courtesy of The Creekside. Contact MC Clark Crouch cecrouch@msn.com.

From Jane Alynn:

PoetsWest Member, Jane Alynn, has published her first full-length poetry book Necessity of Flight is available from Cherry Grove Collections. She will be reading from this volume with Carolyne Wright at Open Books, 2414 N 45th St., Seattle on Sunday, October 23 at 3 PM. I can be reached at email: j.alynn@janealynn.com or http://www.janealynn.com/.

Correction on date at C&P Coffee!!
Wednesday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m.

C&P Coffee, 5612 California Ave SW in West Seattle

Poetrybridge features Rayn Roberts and Priya Keefe. Open mic (sign-up at 6:45). More info at http://www.poetrybridge.net/Site/Welcome.html.

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150 YEAR WAIT FOR AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE

SHOULD BE SEATTLE’S SHAME WHEN MAGNUSON PARK

COULD BE A TOKEN RETURN OF THE LAND

TAKEN FROM THEM