Feb 1, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Poetry
Claudia Castro Luna becomes Washington’s next poet laureate on February 1, 2018. She was the Seattle Civic Poet from 2015-2017. Her new book Killing Marias: A Poem for Multiple Voices is now available. You can follow her on Twitter at @ClaudiaC_L Lyric for a day like...
Jan 28, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Black History Month: February Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of...
Jan 23, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
published on Derek Walcott’s birthday — Jan. 23, 1930. Love after Love Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and...
Dec 12, 2017 | Past Notes, Poetry
Mercy by Rudy Francisco She asks me to kill the spider. Instead I get the most peaceful weapons I can find. I take a cup & a napkin I catch the spider put it outside and allow it to walk away. If i am ever caught in the wrong place at the wrong time just being...
Oct 19, 2015 | Past Notes, Poetry
published in Twig, Seattle Washington new year. Ned Hayes Rosh Hashanah comes this year on a day of cool wind, a breathtaking portent of winter taking the world, rude lover tossing the sheets away. in autumn the sadness...
Jan 23, 2015 | Past Notes, Poetry
published in 2003, appeared in Seattle School of Theology and Ministry Review praying with one eye open. Ned Hayes (after Mark Strand) through dark windows, the clouds move like one thinks a bird might, old ghost caught by light, scattered feathers fractured...
