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Way of the Mountain #181

Way of the Mountain #181

by Mountain Gazette August 2, 2011 August - September 2011

Catch two of Denver’s star performance goddesses, Zsudayka Nzinga and Bianca Mikahn, as well as rap/DJ phenom Thrax, at Shroomfest31 in Telluride, Aug. 18-21. Nice to see poetry woven into a conference on fungal allies. Summertime. Time to take poetry outdoors. Through windows. Out into the open air. The Japanese would float poems down creeks on [...]

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Way of the Mountain #180

Way of the Mountain #180

by Mountain Gazette July 5, 2011 July 2011

Publication and performance are the twin pillars of the poetry world.

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Way of the Mountain #179

Way of the Mountain #179

by Mountain Gazette June 1, 2011 June 2011

This month’s featured book and poet is Norman Shaefer’s “The Sunny Top of California: Sierra Nevada Poems & A Story” (La Alameda Press, Albuquerque, 2010).

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Way of the Mountain #178

Way of the Mountain #178

by Mountain Gazette May 3, 2011 May 2011

Besides the dazzling performance of Sandra Cisneros, the highlight for me at San Miguel de Allende’s Sixth Annual International Writers Conferenced this past February was the Carnitas Fest at Simple Choice Farm on the road to Jalpa and the Talking Gourds Fire Circle, co-led with poet/teacher Judyth Hill of “Wage Peace” fame — shadows of [...]

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Way of the Mountain #177

Way of the Mountain #177

by MG Admin April 5, 2011 April 2011

Welcome to MG’s new poetry page, Way of the Mountain. That was the name given to the earth-centered, outdoor-templed spiritual path of Dolores LaChapelle, high peak guru who lived, wrote and wandered the San Juan Mountains near Silverton until her recent passing. Her books on deep ecology have influenced mountain folk all over the world, [...]

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Parting Gift

Parting Gift

by Karen Chamberlain February 1, 2011 February - March 2011

Editor’s note: On Sept. 11, 2010, long-time Mountain Gazette poetry editor Karen Chamberlain passed away. Her husband, photographer Bob Chamberlain, found the following two pieces on her computer in a folder titled, “Unfinished Poems.” A book of Karen’s poetry will be published by People’s Press in the spring. Obituary Scissoring out of the newspaper The [...]

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