LESLEY WHEELER

Tag: underworld

  • Sneak preview of Poetry from the Underworld

    Sneak preview of Poetry from the Underworld

    A poem can call me into its little room, persuade me to pay attention to subjects I can’t bear to immerse myself in for hours or days.

  • Professor Mushroom listens to strangers

    Professor Mushroom listens to strangers

    As I filtered out of a particularly fun workshop-reading-open mic at BookTree in Kirkland, Washington, one of the participants called back to me as he ambled down the dark street, “Thanks, Professor Mushroom!” The featured image above with its weird reflections, taken at a booth at the Olympic Peninsula Fungi Festival, conjures, for me, that…

  • Washington-bound (the other one)

    Washington-bound (the other one)

    I’m packing now for 12 days in the Pacific northwest (not nearby Washington D.C., which essentially seems like Mordor now). Here’s the poetry part of my itinerary: I’m excited, not just about the barding around part but exploring unfamiliar scenery (the Olympic peninsula! temperate rain forest! mountain and Pacific views!)–and seeing friends. I’ll technically have…