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Longview Community College, 19• Green River, Pierce, Bellevue, Seattle, South Seattle, Highline, and Tacoma community colleges, 1980-1988 • Lower Columbia College, Richland, 1985 • Engine House No. 9, Tacoma 1980, 82, 85 • Freight House Theater, Tacoma, 1983, 84 • Washington Poets Association, 1975, 78, 82, 85 • Hawthorne Books, Victoria, B.C. , 1985 • Longshoreman's Union Hall, Seattle, 1984 • Auburn Public Library, 1984, 1990 • King County Library: Kent, Federal Way, Renton, 1985 • Masonic Home, Des Moines, 1984 • Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Tacoma, 1982, 84, 85, 87 • Kent Commons, 1985 • Red Sky Poetry Theater, 1982, 87 • Renton Public Library • King County Rape Relief

PUBLISHED WORK: Poems (partial list):

"Who Needs You?" Duckabush Journal Fall/Winter 1991 Poets at the Faire Vol. 6 The Northwest Renaissance 1992 Fresh Air, 2003

"Poem: After Chu Tun-Ru" Seattle Metro Poetry Bus Project 1990

"Vesper" Glimpses: passing moments, captured thoughts Seattle Metro Poetry Bus Project 1997

"The Unmade Bed" Dark Orchid N orthaven Editions, Inkpot Press 1993

"Love Came In" Dark OrchidNorthaven Editions, Inkpot Press 1993

"First Song" Dark Orchid Northaven Editions, Inkpot Press 1993

"Sandra's Breasts" Dark Orchid Northaven Editions, Inkpot Press 1993

"Marchen" Poets at the Faire Vol. 10 The Northwest Renaissance 1996

"Buck Fever" Tablets the Rain Inscribes The Nmihwest Renaissance 1987

"Undesirable Alien" Tablets the Rain Inscribes The Nmihwest Renaissance 1987

"Feeding Grandma's Chickens" The Written Arts King County Arts Commission

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Poets at the Faire Vol. 4 The Northwest Renaissance 1997 "Venice, Where Ancient Things Go to Die"

Images Poets at the Faire Vol. 4 The Nmihwest Renaissance 1997

"Seagulls" Poets at the Faire Vol. 4 The Northwest Renaissance 1997

"Marsh Tales" Padilla Bay Poets Anthology 1993-94 State Department of Ecology 1994

"My Father Banishes the Lions" The Written Arts King County Atis Commission 1986 Poets at the Faire Vol. 3 The Northwest Renaissance 1989

"The Mastodon is Part of a Russian Plot To Surprise Mother Elephant" Poetry Seattle Pacific Magazine 1985 Arnazella's Reading List 1985 Poets at the Faire Vol. 3 The Northwest Renaissance 1989

"October"

"Luna"

Poets at the Faire Vol. 3 The Northwest Renaissance 1989 Ghost in the Garden GodZillah Gospel Press 1995

Ghost in the Garden GodZillah Gospel Press 1995 "It's dark out here, & cold"

Ghost in the Garden GodZillah Gospel Press 1995 Arcturus 1999

"Y alu·zeit" Arcturus 1999

"The Halcyon Bird" Pisces The Northwest Renaissance 1986

"Ice Flower" Ghost in the Garden GodZillah Gospel Press 1995 Poets at the Faire Vol. 11 The Nmihwest Renaissance 1997

"Monk at the Moment of Enlightenment" Poets at the Faire Vol. 11 The Northwest Renaissance 1997

"Nebula: At the Observatory" Poets at the Faire Vol. 11 The Northwest Renaissance 1997 Flightpath Poetry A ward 1997 The Imperfect Gravity of Pears

"Bus Stop" Poets at the Faire Vol. 3 The Nmihwest Renaissance 1989

"Kayak" Mr. Cogito Poets at the Faire Vol. 6 The Nmihwest Renaissance 1992 Kyoto Journal, 2010 The Imperfect Gravity of Pears

"Fukuoka Says" Mr. Cogito Poets at the Faire Vol. 6 The Northwest Renaissance 1992

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Arnazella 's Reading List 1992 "Second Sight"

Pisces The Northwest Renaissance 1981 "Eclipse"

Pisces The Northwest Renaissance 1981 "Halcyon Bird"

Pisces The Northwest Renaissance 1981 "Primate Trilogy"

Mirror Northwest 1969 Desert Poetry Prize 1969

"Lorenzo Speaks to His Dead Wife" Yipe! (1977) Washington Poets Association Stafford Award 1977

"Peat" The Written Arts

"Poem: After Chu Tun-Ru" Seattle Metro Poetry Bus Project 1977

"In the End" Stone Drum

Fiction (partial list):

"The Gardener" The Written Arts (1986) A Loving Voice Vol. II (The Charles Press 1994)

"White Horse Meadows" Voices in the Trees (Jasmine Press, Evergreen Publishing Co. 1989)

"Tllis time." Mirror Northwest 1969

"Sweet, Sweet Baby" The Clearing 1968

"Fever" Arnazella's Reading List 1985

Riverbabble Fiction Prize

Essays (partial list):

"The Ghabals of the First Century B.C. Persian Poet Ali Harun Farskin, Translated by Percival Harder and Recently Rediscovered by Robert Peters: A Feminist Reply" Signal International

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"Chit-Chat, Yakety-Yak" Pierce County Herald, 1985 Capper's Weekly, 1998 Fresh Mountain Syndicate 1998 "Cowboy Weather" Pierce County Herald 1985 Fresh Mountain Syndicate 1998 "Fruit Stand" Pierce County Herald 1987 Fresh Mountain Syndicate 1998 "Easter Bunny Express" Compass Magazine 1984 Catholic Digest 1985 People in Action 1985 My Weekly (London, Edinburgh) 1985 Fresh Mountain Syndicate 1988 "Eden" Pierce County Herald 1988 Ruralite 1991 "Pass it on ... " Pierce County Herald 1986 Organic Gardening 1987 Fresh Mountain Syndicate 1998 "Garden Dreams" Pierce County Herald 1987 Organic Gardening 1988 Fresh Mountain Syndicate 1998 "Groundhog Day" Pierce County Herald/Miles of Aisles 1985 "A Small Town in Normandy" Pierce County Herald 1985 "Our Emilie" Pierce County Herald 1986 "Rock for Sale" Ruralite 1987 US Small Business Administration Newsletter 1990 Colorado SBA Update 1990 AAL Correspondent 1990 Capper's Weekly 1996 Fresh Mountain Syndicate 1998 "Christmas Tree Rescue" Ruralite 1985 Pierce County Herald 1986 "Poor Men Trying to Get Home" Pacific Magazine Pierce County Herald

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Features (partial list):

"The Right to Die: Washington's Death and Dying Legislation" View Northwest Magazine, 1986 "Seattle's Sephardic Jews" View Northwest Magazine, 1985 "Home, Washington" Washington Magazine 1985

"Washington's Indian Shakers" Pierce County Herald 1985 "Pulling Together: Faith in Farming Put Them First" Farm & Ranch Living, 1990

Chapbook/anthology editor/publisher (partial list):

The Imperfect Gravity of Pears, MFA thesis collection, PLU 2007 The Spider's Revenge, Highline Community College, 1991 creative writing anthology How to Cook a Camel, Highline Community College, 1992 creative writing anthology Pisces (The Northwest Renaissance 1981) poetry anthology On the Eighth Day (The Northwest Renaissance 1983) poetry anthology Your Touch Remembered: Valentines & Other Poems of Love & Less-Than-Love

(White Flower Press, 1994) Poets at the Faire (The Northwest Renaissance 1985-2005) annual chapbook anthology My Silence Grows, poems by Meghanne Luckmann (Home Chicken Press, 1995) The Storm:Twelve Poems, by Kelly Meader (White Flower Press, 1996) My Journey, poems by Grace Little (White Flower Press, 1988) Grumbling Out Loud, poems by Terry Storey (White Flower Press, 1987) Marriage & Mutiny, poems by Nora Roundtree (White Flower Press 1997) Swish! Said the Wind, poems by Emilie Rommel (White Flower Press, 1999) The Dead Man Poems, (Dancing Skeleton Press 2006, publication pending)

Professional Associations:

Washington School Public Relations Association, 1989-2000 The Northwest Renaissance Board of Directors, 1975-present Auburn Arts Commission ( 1 0 years) Washington Poets Association (judge, panelist, workshop leader) Interurban Center for the Arts ( 1 0 years) Tacoma Writers Club (judge, workshop leader) Children's Therapy Center Board of Directors (2 years) Northwest Conference on Philosophy (2 years) Pacific Northwest Writers Conference (panelist, pre-judging) Washington Press Association (member 15 years) Sigma Delta Xi Journalism Society (member 15 years) International Association ofPersonnel in Employment Security (member 7 years)

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Supplemental Material: Awards:

2002 Fiction/Poetry Residency, Adam Family Foundation White Bridge Traveling Fellowship

2001 White Bridge Traveling Fellowship, Adam Family Foundation 2000 Fiction Residency, Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation 1999 Fiction Alternate, WilJard R. Espy Literary Foundation Residency 1997 Washington Poets Association Prize (comic verse) 1997 Flightpath Poetry Award 1988 Washington Poets Association First Prize (traditional verse) 1987 Sigma Delta Xj Excellence in Journalism Award (general news) 1986 Sigma Delti Xi Excellence in Journalism Award (lifestyles) 1986 Sigma Delta Xi Excellence in Journalism Award (general news) 1980-88 King County Arts Commission annual poetry/fiction awards 1985-86 Seattle Atts Commission annual fiction/poetry awards 1977 Sigma Delti Xi (science and health-medicine) 1977 William Stafford Poetry Award 1976 Sigma Delta Xi Excellence in Journalism Award (minority affairs) 1975 Sigma Oelti Xi Excellence in Journalism Award (feature) 1975 Washington Press Association (feature) 1969 Desert Poetry Prize

Teaching Experience (partial list):

Instructor (2002-2004) Senjor Poetry Seminar, Inqui ry Seminar: Imagination and Transformation, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington; Instructor, poetry workshop, Pacific Lutheran Univeresity (2005), Instructor (1980-2003) Creative Writing, Technical Editing, Beginrung Fiction & Biography, Art of the Interview, Poetry, and Journaling, Highline Commuruty College, Des Moines, Washington; Pierce Community College, Puyallup, Washington; Federal Way Senior Center, Federal Way, Washington; Auburn Senior Center, Auburn, Washington; Aubw·n Parks Department, Auburn, Washington; Wright Park, Tacoma, Washington; Rainier Vista Care Center, Puyallup; Valley Terrace Nursing Home, Puyallup; Riverwood Inn Nursing Home, Puyallup; Christianson Care Center, Puyallup; Highline, Be1levue, Green River, Tacoma, Longview (with Richard Shelton), Lower Columbia (emphasis on writing history), Seattle and South Seattle community colleges; Auburn, Kent, Renton, Sumner, Federal Way school district gifted programs & young writers programs; Wasrungton Gifted Association conferences (1983, 1985); The Poet's Nook Restaurant, Auburn.

Project director/coordinator: • The Northwest Renaissance, Poets, Performers & Publishers, Inc. (NWR), a nonprofit literary (c) (3) corporation founded in 1975 • 'Be Careful Crossing Meeker Street,' program of historical/literary research workshops. an invitational tea, and a reading of poems reflecting local history, scheduled in the Kent


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