Poetry at The Station Bistro welcomes Harkness, Skillman
Published 12:06 pm Sunday, May 31, 2015
Poetry at The Station Bistro presents the works of Ed Harkness and Judith Skillman on Monday.
The program is from 7-9 p.m. at the Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, No. 125, one block south of West Main Street, on the east side of the Auburn Transit Center.
Coffee and conversation follow readings. It is an open mic opportunity. The public is invited.
About the poets
Harkness grew up in Seattle’s north end and has, with a few exceptions, including a year’s teaching stint in the Peoples Republic of China, never gotten very far away from home. He holds degrees from the University of Washington and the University of Montana; at the latter he earned an MFA and studied with poets Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees.
His poems have appeared in many periodicals, including American Review, Poetry Northwest, Seattle Review, Fine Madness, Portland Review, Northwest Review and CutBank.
He is also author of several chapbooks, including “Fiddle Wrapped in a Gunnysack” (Dooryard Press, 1984) and “Watercolor Painting of a Bamboo Rake” (Brooding Heron Press, 1994). “Saying the Necessary” is his first full-length collection. He teaches writing at Shoreline Community College and lives with his family in Shoreline, which is an easy bike ride from his old north Seattle neighborhood.
Skillman’s poems have appeared in Tampa Review, Seneca Review, FIELD, Poetry, The Iowa Review, Poetry Northwest, Midwest Quarterly Review, The Southern Review, Prairie Schooner, New Poets of the American West and other journals and anthologies.
She is also the author of “Broken Lines – The Art & Craft of Poetry”.
Pedestal Magazine describes Skillman as: “Also fierce, rage-suffused, and undeniably brilliant is Judith Skillman, who offers us the horrors of her dark little vision, ‘Infanticide.’ Skillman’s was the first truly brilliant poem I ran across on my poetic journey, and I was in awe of the sheer skill of her line breaks, movement, and control, as evidenced in this fantastic poem. Much like Heather McHugh, Skillman is a ‘poet’s poet,’ and to read her work makes me rejoice, as poet, in the possibilities of the art itself.”
Poetry at The Station Bistro is made possible with the help of the restaurant, City of Auburn, The Auburn Arts Commission, Striped Water Poets and NorthWest Renaissance.
