Tulip Festivals, Sci-Fi Legacies, and Upcoming Appearances, Plus Field Guide and PR for Poets Reviews!

Happy National Poetry Month – I hope your April is treating you well. Just got back from La Conner, Washington, to visit the Skagit Poetry Festival. We had a rare combination of sunny weather and a day without appointments, so we made the most of it.

Thanks to Margaret Rhee for writing – and including me in her interviews and discussion of Sci-Fi Legacies, “The Feminist Legacy in Science Fiction Poetry,” up on Strange Horizons now! It makes me thankful for a great community of writers who enjoy poetry and science fiction equally.

Thanks to Brian for his review of Field Guide to the End of the World at his site, Damaged Skull Writer. And I was happy to see two reviews pop up on PR for Poets on Amazon’s site!

Are you sad about the end of poetry month and looking for something in May to get your spirits up? I’ll be returning to Skagit to do a workshop on PR for Poets at the Skagit Poetry Festival on Sunday, May 20, 1-4 PM. The roster of poets who will be up there that weekend looks fantastic. I’ve never had a bad time at that festival, so I encourage you to attend if you’re in the area!

And here are a few photos of the Skagit Tulip Festival in 2018. It was a beautiful couple of days. Lots of bald eagle and heron sightings. We even squeezed in a visit to the Northwest Art Museum! I am worn out but it was great to be reminded of how gorgeous the Northwest can be in springtime when the sun shines.

: Glenn and I pose in a windy field of tulips, Baker in background

: bald eagle before takeoff

: Glenn and I at Roozengaarde gardens

: Pink, Purple and orange tulips

: Glenn and I in purple tulips, evening light

: heron with fish

: Glenn and I at Roozengaarde

: Pink Tulips

: More Roosengaarde

: Trying to capture even more tulips

: Robert McCauley’s painted palette from the Northwest Art Museum in La Conner

One comment

Brian James Lewis

Thanks for the mention! I was really pleased with the amount of interest my National Poetry Month theme generated this month. I was able to cover a nice balance of new and established writers. There is still at least one more writer I want to include before the end of the month, Erin-Sweet-Al-Mehairi with her book “Breathe, Breathe” Your posts are always great. I like Great Blue Herons, too!

April 25, 2018

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