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STRUCK: A SEASON ON A FIRE LOOKOUT Book Launch

A MEMOIR BY NANCY CANYON Book launch for STRUCK will be September 20, 2024, 6-7 PM at Village Books, 1200 11th Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225. I hope you can make it. If you go to villagebooks.com, their events page has a link to reserve your seat. Tickets are $5 and with your ticket, you get a coupon for $5 to spend in the store after the reading. It is a good deal...since if you are buying my book,...

"One writes in order to feel."

— Muriel Rukeyser

"Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life—is the source from which self-respect springs."

— Joan Didion

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Nerve Root

Poetry

Nerve Root previously posted on Poets Against War Website As a young womanI saved scrawled details,monsoons and foxholes, my brotherkeeping armed watch in Nam.Now, I step through twisted mind fields,search stagnant poolsfor scarred soldiers’ hearts.If their tenderness...

Home At Sea

Poetry

At low tide,I scrub my windowswith clam nectar,sweep my floorswith spiny scrub brushkelp.I skip bleached bonesalong wakingwhite-capped sea,scoop billionsof splintered shellsinto a calcspar cup.I toast green bellied wavescrashing onto shore,spilling bucketsof icy...

Grandma’s Garden

Poetry

Previously printed in Spindrift, Shoreline Community College Journal. Grandma’s legs, skinny as green beans,stand planted firm in chocolate brown earth.She picks the last of the fall zucchinito grate and squeeze dry.Grandma’s hands, twisted as pumpkin vines,mix wheat...

Drawn by Hairs*

Writing

*The greatest events are often drawn by hairs: Events of great pith and moment are often brought about by causes of apparently no importance. I’ll never forget mother’s words, “We’re short-haired people.” The first time she colored her hair she reminded us kids of a...

The Importance of a Writing Practice

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If you want to write, you must practice. I believe this to be true in all artist endeavors. I have danced on stage, played the piano and organ, sang in choirs, and currently paint and write. Without practicing, my skill deteriorates. I realized...