Joanne the Poet - The Poetry of Joanne M. Clarkson

This year Double Shot will include two poets: Joanne Clarkson and Patty Kinney. Double shot is a writing challenge during which authors are contacted Friday night with a writing prompt.  They must complete their piece (short play or poem in this case) by 9 a.m. the following morning and have it ready to present by...Read More »

Joanne will be a featured poet at a PoetsWest reading in Seattle in November.  She joins Kay Mullen and Griffin William and host Art Gomez on Saturday, November 8 at 4:00 p.m. at the Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle, WA.  Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or visit the...Read More »

Poetry Class at South Puget Sound Community College January 27, 2015, 6:30-8:30 p.m., on the Mottman campus. Sign up by going to the SPSCC website and selecting Courses and Programs, Community Education, Writing. Mine is the first class listed. Click here to register now! The class will cover such topics as: Publishing poems in print...Read More »

I am so excited to be the ‘feature’ for  OLYMPIA PEOPLE’S MIC on Thursday evening, May 7, at Café Love,  205 4th Ave. E. in downtown Olympia.  The Open Mic part is first and begins at 7:30 but poets wanting to read can begin signing up at 7.  Since it is ‘performance poetry,’ I am...Read More »