Slog - Comments on Washington State Now Has a Poet Laureate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate And his name is Samuel Green. He is the first. He was appointed by the governor. If you've never heard of him, well, Wikipedia has never heard of him either. (Here are all the Samuel Greens Wikipedia knows.) According to the press release just issued by Gregoire's office: Green is a native of Washington and resides on remote Waldron Island. A distinguished poet and author of ten poetry collections, including his soon to be released book, The Grace of Necessity (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2008), his work has appeared in numerous publications. For more than thirty years, he has served... Copyright 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:53:48 -0800 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:22:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by urbancontra I took a poetry comp class with Sam at SU in 2003. He's one of the most amazing, inspirational people I've ever met, and I'm glad to see him honored in this way.

]]> urbancontra http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876588 Books Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:27:16 -0800 Comment by angela garbes sam green is a warm and wonderful human being--an amazing book artist too.

]]> angela garbes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876599 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876599 Books Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:34:17 -0800 Comment by Karl Kastle I once knew a poet who bought a cabin on Waldron.

But instead of writing poems he just stirred a caldron.

When a full moon was out

The island wiccans would shout

You should have just stayed in your condo.

]]> Karl Kastle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876602 Books Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:36:28 -0800 Comment by unPC There was an Old Poet on Waldron
Who cooked all his poems in a cauldron
"I am a great poet,
I'm modern & know it,
So what if my poem rhymes not 'Waldron!'"


]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876665 Books Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:43:41 -0800 Comment by Fnarf He's not going to get state money, is he? Urgh. Why a poet laureate and not a novelist laureate, biographer laureate, painter laureate, dancer laureate, Flash programmer laureate, chef laureate?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876675 Books Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:53:46 -0800 Comment by dw What sucks is that they're paying him with money. The original bill called for the poet to be paid a firkin of beer.

]]> dw http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876690 Books Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:02:31 -0800 Comment by English Teacher in Portland OR I heard Green read several times in Seattle: once in Dr. Meyer's class at SPU; several other times at Open Books.

You must read everything he has written.

]]> English Teacher in Portland OR http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876692 Books Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:07:43 -0800 Comment by Rad RadiooG.Lo.o.t Here's hoping the trolley SLOOT one-ups Metro and has AUDIO poetry (does the #7 still have that funny tour guide-ish driver?) instead of written blips up above and in place of ADS. Hmmmm, scratch that maybe, one of the first writers to report on the ClitScarTrak was complaining about SMELL, showing his primal motivation, which is cool, because his bsession with drugs leaves me to ask Who's Holdin' really? Bogart? Nope, we call him SKUNKweeddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

]]> Rad RadiooG.Lo.o.t http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876744 Books Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:10:16 -0800 Comment by Kaos Theory The poet lauareate/firkin of beer idea came from Sen. Ken Jacobsen, D-Seattle, who has been working on this for SIXTEEN YEARS.

Jacobsen introduced 99 bills last session saying, "I'm into the theory of chaos. And in the theory of chaos, if this particle exists and this one comes into existence and this one doesn't know that one exists? It still affects the behavior of that one."

His other priority: lettings dogs in bars.

Sen. Jacobsen is one of our leading Democratic Seattle Senators, representing the 46th District in North/Northeast Seattle.

]]> Kaos Theory http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876872 Books Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:55:25 -0800 Comment by Noel Shoulda been Bart Baxter.

I like Seattle's Poet Populace program better because then at least you have some assurance the poet in question is relevant to anyone or anything at all.

I like the idea of a flash developer laureate...

]]> Noel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876887 Books Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:48:30 -0800 Comment by Spoogie I'm all for appointing a Strumpet Laureate. Cody Castagna, anyone?

]]> Spoogie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c876892 Books Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:22:35 -0800 Comment by Andy I have heard of him. Sam Green came and visited my English class in sixth grade. That was nice.

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c877176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c877176 Books Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:14:46 -0800 Comment by Janis Oh, you must. Sam is just around the bend from Hopkins and who wants to be left in the cold, sniffing the tail end of a dog passing gas on a sidewalk grate? If so, please hurry over to E. Pike St. by the last bar before payday kicks you over the hill and you'll see what I mean. Sam is the right person at this crucial time for Washington state, and the nation. Congratulations!

]]> Janis http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c878660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_state_now_has_a_poet_laureate#c878660 Books Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:22:31 -0800