Inlets, Southbound
Hazy morning bound for familiar (once) inlets — Eld, Steamboat, Budd — passing tangled roads & eroded forests towards the smallest town I know […]
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Cascadian Byways
Are no Stranger
Death, You are No Stranger
Sometime, as a child A great uncle, a small suit Staring into a larger hole Remembering the smells forever Sometimes
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Are no Stranger
Troop us Away Then
Ready for marching orders. Troop us away then! We’ll follow in the full moonlight “Your dossiers are in order” says
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Are no Stranger
Alchemists Confer with Hypnotists
Varying days of bliss and malaise I’m busy these days chasing dubbies away When the ache nears the break and
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Vancouver Grey
en route to the Matsuri
En route to the matsuri in Japantown the Asahis are playing and they’re carrying that golden shrine around to the
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Varley at Jericho (poem)
I see! The two swimmers, heads bobbing way out there beyond the buoysVarley, solid after a bottle of redwith gaggle
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Held the Globe (for Gramps)
I’ve Held the Globe – Poetry Cycle for Ole Gramps
I’ve Held the Globe – A Poetry Cycle for Ole Dead Gramps from Dave Olson Published on Apr 25, 2014
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Vancouver Grey
“Bay of Flashing Darters” in bentlily | One poem a day
Dave Thorvald Olson | Samantha’s daily poem | bentlily | One poem a day. BAY OF FLASHING DARTERS Sailboats carving
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Poetic Stories about Goalies – Postcard #62
Poet Randall Maggs discusses his book “Night Work” about the troubled soul of legendary hockey goalie Terry Sawchuk plus the
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach, Remembering Remembrance
Vimy Ridge Diaries on Remembrance Day – Postcard #61
On Remembrance Day in sunny, brisk Vancouver, Ian Bell (fresh from a CBC appearance “On The Coast“) joins Dave to
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard #60
From a forested pathway along the open Pacific between Tofino and Ucluelet, DaveO reads poetry from Gary Snyder’s Myths +
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Owl Creek Limnology and Exploration – Postcard #59
Dave O spiels forth about the exploration of rivers and lakes, the impetus for ventures and motivations for trade ~
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Three Days and Eleven Dollars, Nov. 1991 – Postcard #58
By a campfire on Owl Creek, Dave reads an instructional guide to hitch-hiking about a November trip from South Carolina
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Arizona with Ole Gramps – Postcard #57
While summertime camping alongside Owl Creek and charging the recorder with the rays of the sun, Dave reads a short
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Vancouver Dossier
“Rolling to the End of the Line” Transit mixed-media essay on the Buzzer
As part of Translink (the greater Vancouver area transit authority)’s “I Love Transit” week, i was invited by Jhenifer Pabliano
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Choogle On
Rolling to the End of the Line – Choogle On! #77
Rolling aboard buses, trolleys, Skytrain and Seabus, Uncle Weed discusses changing routes and riding transit for escape, exploration, creativity, inspiration
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