Fall & Winter 2011-2012 Now Available
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CODY WALKER has a mind of winter
KATHLEEN FLENNIKEN cleans up at Hanford
NEW POEMS: Sherman Alexie, Debora Greger, James Hoch, Richard Kenney, Amelia Rosselli and many more
EMILY WARN remembers Denise Levertov
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Tomas Tranströmer: “Haikudikter”
October 11, 2011 – 8:11 pm
Tomas Tranströmer: “Haikudikter”

Congratulations to Tomas Tranströmer, long-awaited and much-deserved winner of The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2011. In honor of the occasion, we’d like to make available a recent piece by the Swedish poet, originally published in the …

Poetry Northwest Fall Fundraiser & Hootenanny: 13 Nov 2011
October 1, 2011 – 10:05 am One Comment
Poetry Northwest Fall Fundraiser & Hootenanny: 13 Nov 2011

Please join us for our annual Fall Fundraiser & Hootenanny at the historic Columbia City Theatre in south Seattle.

Help us continue the magazine’s legacy–52 years (and counting) of illuminating poetry and insightful commentary.
Fabulous, roots-inspired music by …

Carolyn Kizer: “Jill’s Toes”
September 13, 2011 – 2:02 pm
Carolyn Kizer: “Jill’s Toes”

As summer burns to its dry end here in Seattle, we bring to a close our series of tributes to founding editor Carolyn Kizer with a look at a recently discovered poem. Featured in a …

Patricia Lockwood: “History of the House Where You Were Born”
August 11, 2011 – 12:41 pm 8 Comments
Patricia Lockwood: “History of the House Where You Were Born”

I was reading some Alice Munro, buzzing out of my mind on P.G. Tips. Alice Munro was describing a woman in an Observation Car looking out at the vast Canadian prairies. “What the heck is …

Jane Wong: “Aphoristic”
August 1, 2011 – 3:10 pm One Comment
Jane Wong: “Aphoristic”

Congratulations to Jane Wong, winner of the second installment of Poetry Northwest‘s writing contest, The Pitch.  Of her winning poem, Jane writes:
I was moved by Zach Savich’s final question in the prompt: “What makes timelessness count?” …