on poetry
June 16, 2022
“I have forced myself to begin writing when I’ve been utterly exhausted, when I’ve felt my soul as thin as a playing card…and somehow the activity of writing changes everything.”
Joyce Carol Oates
(b. June 16, 1938)
Boynton poems & poets
- 2009 awards podcast
- 2010 – 2015 poets on YouTube
- 2012 awards podcast, part 1
- 2012 awards podcast, part 2
- 2013 awards podcast, part 1
- 2013 awards podcast, part 2
- 2014 awards podcast, part 1
- 2014 awards podcast, part 2
- 2015 awards podcast
- 2016 awards ceremony
- 2020 awards ceremony
- 2021 awards ceremony
- 2022 awards ceremony
- Andrew Shattuck McBride
- Betty Scott
- Bruce Beasley
- BTV videos of 2013 Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest Winners
- BTV videos of Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest Winners
- BTV videos of Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest Winners
- Caitlin Thomson Jans
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Christine Kendall
- Christopher Patton
- Cindi Williamson
- Dayna Patterson
- Dee Dee Chapman
- Donald Antenen
- Elizabeth Vignali
- Ellie Rogers
- Ely Shipley
- Eric Lochridge
- Esme Dutcher
- George Drake
- J.I. Kleinberg
- J.L. Wright
- Jack McCarthy
- James Bertolino
- Jane Wong
- Jeanne Yeasting
- Jeffrey Klausman
- Jeffrey Morgan
- Jennifer Bullis
- Jeremy Voigt
- Jessica Lohafer
- Jim Schmotzer
- Jo Ann Heydron
- John Burgess
- Jory Mickelson
- Kathleen Flenniken
- Kevin Murphy
- KJ Vande Bossche
- Konrád Kocsis
- Lana Hechtman Ayers
- Laura Laffrado
- Lucas Nydam
- Luci Shaw
- Luther Allen
- Lynn Geri
- Maria McLeod
- Marie Eaton
- Mary Gillilan
- Nancy Canyon
- Nancy Pagh
- Oliver de la Paz
- Paul Hunter
- Paul S. Piper
- Phyllis Boernke
- Rachel Mehl
- Robert Lashley
- Seren Fargo
- Sheila Nickerson
- Sheila Sondik
- Susan Chase-Foster
- Susan J. Erickson
- Timothy Pilgrim
- Tyree Callahan
- Virginia Ferm Herrick
- Whatcom Poetry Series
Friends & fans
- Allied Arts of Whatcom County
- Bellingham Herald
- Bellingham Public Library
- Bellingham TV Channel 10
- Bethany Reid
- Brenda Miller
- Cascadia Weekly
- Claudia Castro Luna
- Egress Studio
- Elizabeth Austen
- Jan Pierson
- Judy Vorfeld
- Kathleen Flenniken
- Kathryn Smith
- Keetje Kuipers
- Kelli Russell Agodon
- Laura Read
- Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
- Martha Silano
- Maya Jewell Zeller
- Michael Daley
- Michael Dylan Welch
- Michael Schein
- Mindport
- Nance Van Winckel
- Paul Fisher
- Paul Nelson
- Rena Priest
- Samuel Green
- Stefania Heim
- Susan Rich
- Tod Marshall
- Village Books
- WECU
- Whatcom Community Foundation
- Whatcom Transportation Authority
NW lit scene
- 45th Parallel
- 49 Writers
- A Forest of Words
- Airlie Press
- Aqueduct Press
- Arcturus
- Artist Trust
- Artsmith
- August POetry POstcard Fest
- Bellingham Haiku Group
- Bellingham Review
- Bison Bookbinding & Letterpress
- Black Heron Press
- Blue Cactus Press
- Book Arts Guild
- Bracken
- Breathe
- Bricolage
- Bruna Press + Archive
- Burnside Review
- Cairn Shadow Press
- CAiRN: Cascadia Artist in Residence Network
- Calyx Journal
- Capilano Review, The
- Cascadia Magazine
- Cascadia Poetics Lab
- Cascadia Poetry Festival
- Cascadia Subduction Zone
- Cave Moon Press
- Centrum
- Chin Music Press
- Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater
- Chuckanut Writers Conference
- Cirque Journal
- Clackamas Literary Review
- Clamor
- Clarion West Writers Workshop
- Cold Cube Press
- Concrete Wolf
- Confluence Poets
- Container Corps
- Copper Canyon Press
- Crab Creek Review
- Creative Colloquy
- CutBank
- De-Canon
- East Point West Press
- Easy Speak Seattle
- Egress Studio Press
- Electronic Literature Organization
- Elizabeth Austen
- Ella Higginson Blog, The
- Elliott Bay Book Company
- Empty Bowl
- Empty Mirror
- Entre Ríos Books
- EVENT
- Ex Ophidia Press
- Expedition Press
- Far Field
- Fernwood Press
- Fireweed: Poetry of Oregon
- Fisherpoets
- Fishplate Poetry
- Floating Bridge Press
- Flying Trout Press
- Fonograf Editions
- Geist
- Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic
- Gravity of the Thing, The
- Haiku Northwest
- Haiku Society of America – Washington
- HamLit
- Hedgebrook
- High Desert Journal
- Homology Lit
- Hugo House
- Image Journal
- Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC)
- Inflectionist Review, The
- Inland Northwest Center for Writers
- Inland Poetry
- It's About Time Writers Reading Series
- Jack Straw Productions
- Jeopardy Magazine
- Kahini
- Kingfisher
- KYSO Flash
- Lilla Lit
- Lit Fix
- Literary Arts
- LiTFUSE
- Los Norteños
- Lynx House Press
- Monarch Review
- Monkeybicycle
- MoonPath Press
- Moss
- National Haiku Writing Month
- North Cascades Institute
- North Coast Squid
- Northwest Renaissance Poets
- Northwest Review
- Northwest Writers' Weekend
- Olympia Poetry Network
- Open Books
- Open Spaces
- Orcas Island Lit Fest
- Oregon Poetry Association
- Other Journal, The
- Pacific Northwest Writers Association
- Pacifica Literary Review
- PageBoy Magazine
- PDX Writers
- Pif Magazine
- Pleasure Boat Studio
- Poem Booth Bellingham
- Poeming Pigeon, The
- Poet Laureate of Washington State
- Poetry Box, The
- Poetry CHaT
- Poetry Club
- Poetry Corners, Bainbridge Is.
- Poetry Northwest
- Poetry Out Loud
- Poetry Shorts
- PoetryBridge
- poetrynight
- PoetsWest
- Pongo Poetry Project
- Porphyry Press
- Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
- Portland Review
- Possession Sound Writers
- Power 2 the Poetry
- PRISM international
- Psaltery & Lyre
- Puget Sound Poetry Connection
- Pulley Press
- Push/Pull Press
- Rainier Writing Workshop
- RASP
- Raven Chronicles
- Ravenna Press
- Really Serious Literature
- Red Shoe Press
- Red Wheelbarrow Writers
- Ricepaper
- RingSide
- Robert Sund Poet's House Trust
- Room Magazine
- Rose Alley Press
- Scablands Books
- Seattle Arts & Lectures
- Seattle Wrote
- Sextant Review, The
- Shark Reef
- Shrub-Steppe Poetry
- Skagit River Poetry Festival
- Skagit Valley Writers League
- SoulFood Poetry Night
- Spare Room
- SpeakEasy
- Spokane Poetry Slam
- Subjectiv Journal
- subTerrain
- Sweet Tree Review
- Switch Reading Series, The
- Switched-on Gutenberg
- The Elephants
- Tidepools Magazine
- Timberline Review, The
- Tin House
- Two Sylvias Press
- Typehouse Literary Magazine
- Underground Writing
- Unsolicited Press
- Vancouver Poetry House
- VoiceCatcher
- Wandering Aengus Press
- Wave Books
- Welcome to Literary Ashland
- Whatcom READS!
- Whatcom Writers and Publishers
- Willow Springs
- Windfall Journal
- Word Vancouver
- WordsWest Literary Series
- World Enough Writers
- Write on the Sound Writers' Conference
- Write253
- Writers' Workshoppe
- Writing It Real with Sheila Bender
- Yakima Coffeehouse Poets
- YesYes Books
Poetry walks
- Ayr, Scotland
- Belper, Derbyshire, England
- Berkeley
- Blenheim, New Zealand
- Brighton
- Cambridge
- Charlotte
- Chicago
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Devon county, England
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Galway, Ireland
- Hartford
- Katikati
- Kirkby Stephen, England
- Laguna Beach, California
- Lansing
- Leiden, Netherlands
- Lewisburg
- Newton, Massachusetts
- North Lake District, England
- Northfield, Minnesota
- Olympia
- Perth, Scotland
- Portland
- Queensland, Australia
- Sacramento
- Saint Paul
- San Francisco
- Santa Fe
- Saxapahaw, North Carolina
- Seattle
- The Cotswolds, England
- Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Winona, Minnesota
- Youngstown, Ohio
The Poetry Department
The Poetry Department is a project of freelance writer, poet, and past Boynton committee member J.I. Kleinberg. Feedback and suggestions welcome in any Comment field.
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